Avalanche alert issued in Kashmir, heavy snowfall predicted
India | January 07, 2022 18:58 IST"The intensity of the snowfall is going to be heavy tonight and tomorrow. The weather is likely to improve from Sunday," the Met department said.
"The intensity of the snowfall is going to be heavy tonight and tomorrow. The weather is likely to improve from Sunday," the Met department said.
A combined team of Indian Army, Air Force and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) assisted by a helicopter are engaged in rescue operations, it said.
Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a 40-day long period of harsh winter cold the 'Chillai Kalan', which will end on January 31.
Authorities in Kashmir issued an avalanche warning in four districts of the valley on Monday as the higher reaches of the union territory received moderate to heavy snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains.
Five people were killed and seven injured when an avalanche hit a hill station in Pakistan's Abbottabad district. The avalanche hit on Tuesday night, reported the Xinhua news agency.
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