North India Braces for Intense Cold & Fog; Maharashtra Sees Gradual Warming

• North India faces an intensifying cold wave and dense to very dense fog from December 18-22.
• Red Alert for Uttar Pradesh, Orange for Punjab and Haryana, Yellow for Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Northeast India due to fog.
• Maharashtra to see stable minimum temperatures for three days, followed by a gradual rise of 2-3 degrees Celsius.
• No fog or cold wave warning for Maharashtra; cold spell persists but no danger warning for seven days.
• Vidarbha and Central Maharashtra recorded minimum temperatures up to 5 degrees, with Dhule and Jeur being the coldest.

Why It Matters: North India battles severe cold and fog, while Maharashtra anticipates a gradual rise in temperatures.