CTV Edmonton - The Big Chill: Cold winter a killer in New Delhi - CTV News

This year the seasonal adjustment is sharper and lasting longer. It is not a deep freeze by most standards but to the poor -- and there are many here -- the impact is measured less by degrees Celcius than in fatalities. More than 100 people have died of exposure.

The homeless are especially vulnerable as they are poorly dressed, malnourished, and ill-equipped to cope.
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Across northern India authorities are struggling to cope with the cold. They are sanctioning massive bonfires in Lucknow and closing schools from the capital to the states of Bihar and Rajasthan.

"Both day and night temperatures are around the same so people are feeling bad," according to B.P. Yadav, India's chief weather scientist. For the first time ever, Indian forecasters will begin quoting "wind chill" along with the temperature.