India bracing for a gloomy, wet, chilly winter?
Much of northern India is facing its first signs of winter with heavy snowfall in the Himalayas and rain-laced chills across the Gangetic plains. Does that signal a potentially colder and wetter season ahead? While forecasts by IMD and the US Climate Prediction Centre predicted a 71% chance of a colder-than-average winter, experts caution that it's still too early to confirm the severity and duration of the 2025 winter.
It's just October, and the Himalayan peaks are already cloaked in snow. In Delhi and across much of the Gangetic plains, people have just had a brush with a rain-laced chill, making them almost reach for their coats. The autumn or pre-winter has alre... [5202 chars]
Published by: India Today
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