Dense fog enveloped the capital city and several other places throwing normal life out of gear in the State in the early hours on Sunday.
Visibility was reduced below 200 metre in Bhubaneswar affecting vehicular movement on the National Highway severely.
“As forecasted, dense fog continues in Bhubaneswar city area. Airport observatory reported visibility of 200 metres at 6.00 am today morning,” informed the Regional Office of IMD here. Foggy conditions prevailed in Baleswar and Bhadrak district which affected the road and rail traffic. However, the weather office forecasted that fog condition would continue on Monday. Shallow to moderate fog very likely to occur at a few places in the morning over the districts of Rayagada, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and at one or two places in the morning over the districts of Khordha, Puri, Kendrapada Bhadrak, Kalahandi and Boudh.
A yellow warning for dense fog has been issued for Nayagarh, Boudh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Rayagada and Koraput districts.