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Watch: Tourists celebrate as Shimla sees season’s first snowfall, videos go viral

IMD predicted snow and rain at isolated places over the mid and high hills on Tuesday in Himachal Pradesh.

The Met Department predicted snow and rain at isolated places over the mid and high hills on Tuesday in Himachal Pradesh (Image source: @airnewsalerts/X)

Shimla and its nearby areas in Himachal Pradesh experienced the season’s first snowfall for the first time in early December in many decades. This comes a day after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted rain or snow at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh.

While the temperature dropped to 2.5 degree Celsius in Shimla, several other areas recorded near-freezing conditions. Seobagh saw a minimum temperature of 0 degree, Bajaura 0.1 degree, Manali 0.2 degree, Kufri 0.4 degree, Solan 0.5 degree, and Una 1 degree Celsius.

A sea of videos from Shimla swamped social media, showing tourists celebrating the season’s first snowfall.

Watch viral videos here:

The Messmerizing #Snowfall ❄️ ⛄️ #Shimla 💓 pic.twitter.com/o4FTCQyaFw

— Sonal Goel IAS 🇮🇳 (@sonalgoelias) December 8, 2024

Tourists enjoying Snow Flakes at The Ridge, Shimla#shimla #HimachalPradesh pic.twitter.com/zF2KAAnpml

— Ankush Dobhal🇮🇳 (@DobhalAnkush) December 8, 2024

Snowflakes falling, creating magic in the air”

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First Snowfall in #Shimla
8 Dec, 2024 pic.twitter.com/9D88C937e8

— Sadhvi Amrita (@InfinityAol) December 9, 2024

#fristsnowfall2024 #shimla #chaupal #SnowManDomeTour2024 pic.twitter.com/Syg8p357em

— 🕉️Vivek SS Panta🇮🇳 (@PantaVivek) December 9, 2024

Himachal Pradesh Sets In White Sheet of Snow. Mountains Blossom#HimachalPradesh #Snowfall #Shimla pic.twitter.com/ACJfPmWooR

— Story (@storyhil) December 9, 2024

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The Met Department predicted snow and rain at isolated places over the mid and high hills on Tuesday in the state. The weather bureau also issued a ‘yellow’ warning for dense fog for parts of the Bhakra Dam reservoir area in Bilaspur and Balh Valley in Mandi until Wednesday.

Meanwhile, temperatures in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) suddenly dropped after several areas saw light rain on Sunday evening, as a western disturbance hovered over central Pakistan and its surrounding areas.

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