The punishing winter weather has brought transport chaos to China and South Korea and claimed at least 60 lives in northern and eastern India.Reports suggest that the states of Punjab, Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have borne the brunt of the freezing temperatures in India. "We are looking into the deaths and in the meantime have asked local authorities to arrange bonfires in the evening for the homeless," said a government official in Bihar, who added that all schools had been closed.A heavy blanket of fog in New Delhi forced airport authorities to cancel or delay dozens of flights from the capital and train services were also disrupted.
The punishing winter weather has brought transport chaos to China and South Korea and claimed at least 60 lives in northern and eastern India.
Reports suggest that the states of Punjab, Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have borne the brunt of the freezing temperatures in India. "We are looking into the deaths and in the meantime have asked local authorities to arrange bonfires in the evening for the homeless," said a government official in Bihar, who added that all schools had been closed.
A heavy blanket of fog in New Delhi forced airport authorities to cancel or delay dozens of flights from the capital and train services were also disrupted.
Monday: Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 20s. Northeast winds 5-10 mph. Lows around 8. Tuesday: Sunny; highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5-10 mph. Mostly cloudy in the evening; lows around 13. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow; highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 16. Thursday: Cloudy to paratly sunny with a 40 percent chance of snow; high in the lower 20s. Colder, lows around 6. Friday: Mostly sunny; highs around 14; lows around 2.
Usually, the coldest weather is at the end of January and beginning of February. We will wait and see. It would be nice if it warmed up enough that the snow would melt. That would make it easier to cut up my downed 18" oak tree from last winter's ice storm. I thought I was well provided with firewood for this winter, but it is starting to look like I'd better think again. Brrr. (32F=0C; 20F=-6.66C; 15F=-9.44C; 10F=-12.22C; 5F=-15C.) As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
