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AP, Lucknow

An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said Wednesday.

The nighttime temperature dipped to 34 degrees in the tourist city of Agra where the Taj Mahal is located, said a statement from the Meteorology Department of Uttar Pradesh state.

Westerly winds sweeping the region could bring nighttime temperatures even lower over the next two days, said K.P. Kulshreshtha, a director at the department.