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Rains, snowfall to continue in North India; cold day warning in UP: IMD

The india Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted more rainfall in some states for the next two days under the influence of a fresh western disturbance.

In its daily bulletin, the IMD predicted that a fresh Western Disturbance and its induced cyclonic circulation are very likely to affect Northwest India from the night of February 8.

The weather agency also predicted severe cold conditions in parts of Uttar Pradesh in the next 48 hours.

According to the IMD, scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall/snowfall with thunderstorm and lightning over Western Himalayan Region (over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) is expected during the night of February 8 and 9.Fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning are likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and isolated rainfall over East Uttar Pradesh and North Rajasthan on February 9. Isolated hailstorm is also likely over West Uttar Pradesh on February 9, the IMD stated.