The thick layer of toxic smog that shrouds the national capital every year in winter season mirrors "The Great London Smog of ...

In late 1952, the city of London was blanketed by a cloud of fog. Then there was a lack of wind to blow it away and an upper layer of warm air that held it in place.

Tonight revisits the scenes of chaos caused by the "dark-yellow choking mass". Thick smog descended on London in December 1952, bringing the city to a standstill and contributing to the deaths of ...

It was the indirect result of a four-day City of London fog in December 1952 on a ... The problem regarding smog is mainly the mixture of sulphur dioxide and smoke - the two pollutants together ...

Over the course of five days in 1952, the city of London was blanketed in a thick layer of poisonous air that would result in the deaths of thousands. The Great Smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people.

Around 40 of these London paintings were shown in Paris in 1904. He wanted to show the works in London too, but by then he had become a victim of his own success and the paintings were sold before ...