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UP dense fog alert: IMD issues orange, yellow warning for 40 districts | Lucknow News

UP dense fog alert: IMD issues orange, yellow warning for 40 districts | Lucknow News

A thick blanket of fog is once again set to engulf Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, prompting weather authorities to issue orange and yellow alerts across large parts of the state. The India Meteorological Department in Lucknow has issued an orange alert for ‘very dense fog’ in 13 districts of eastern and central Uttar Pradesh, while a yellow alert for dense fog has been sounded in 27 districts stretching from eastern to western UP. Districts under the orange alert include Deoria, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabirnagar, Basti, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Gonda, Balrampur, Shravasti, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur and Bareilly. An orange alert for very dense fog has been issued in districts including Deoria, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabirnagar, Basti, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Sidharthanagar, Gonda, Balrampur, Shravasti, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bareilly. A yellow warning has been issued for Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Gazipur, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkarnagar, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Sambhal and Badaun. Experts warned that very dense fog in these districts could reduce the visibility to less than 50 …