Two persons were reported missing while as many rescued from the debris in a snow avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials said.
A 12-year-old girl has miraculously survived after remaining buried for 18-hours after a massive avalanche hit her house in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Neelum Valley, officials said. Samina Bibi lived with her family in a three-storey house in Neelum Valley when the building was hit by an avalanche and got engulfed by snow on Tuesday.
Three soldiers killed, one missing while another rescued as avalanche strikes Army post in Jammu and Kashmir's Machil sector on Tuesday
Avalanches may occur in Kullu, Shimla, Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and Chamba districts till 5 pm on January 12, an SDMA official said.
In one of the incident, a foot patrol of the Army was hit by an avalanche in Dawar area of Gurez sector of Bandipora district, trapping two soldiers. While one of them was rescued alive, the body of the other soldier was recovered during search operations, the officials said.
The two avalanches hit Gurez sector of Bandipora and Karnah sector of Kupwara. The army has deployed rescue teams and search parties for the rescue operation. Army helicopters have also been deployed to find the missing Bravehearts.
The avalanche had hit the Northern Glacier at around 3.30 pm where the altitude is around 18,000 feet and above.
Five persons were trapped under the snow, prompting authorities to launch a search and rescue operation.
Himachal: One ITBP jawans killed, 5 missing in Kinnaur avalanche, rescue operation underway
According to a PTI report, the avalanche hit the security forces near Shipkala on Kinnaur-Tibet border in HP's Kinnaur district.
According to IANS, two people were rescued alive on Friday from a police post that was buried under an avalanche in Jawahar Tunnel area of Jammu-Srinagar highway.
The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Friday due to heavy snowfall and landslides
The avalanche hit the north portal of Jawahar Tunnel on the Qazigund side.
Most of the prominent tourist towns like Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Manali and Dalhousie, located in mid-hills, may also witness snowfall.
Initially, four people aboard a snow clearance machine were trapped under the avalanche that struck on the Pahalgam-Aru road, the officials said.
All 10 people travelling in the truck went missing after the avalanche hit their vehicle. Three bodies have been recovered so far while seven are still missing.
Police sources said the avalanche hit an Army post around 4 a.m. along the Line of Control (LoC).
The deadly snowstorm buried the climbers at the base camp at an altitude of 3,500 metres near the south face of Mount Dhaulagiri in western Nepal on Friday evening.
"Bodies of three persons who went missing on February 24 after they were hit by an avalanche at Guchibal Behak in Kupwara district were recovered today by the joint rescue team of police, SDRF and army," a police spokesman said.
Four others were rescued alive from the resort and taken to a local hospital for treatment, a police spokesman said.
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