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.
Kashmir recorded widespread light to moderate rain and snow, with the highest snowfall in Gulmarg (43.4 mm) and Batote (44 mm) during the early hours on Wednesday.
Khardung La pass is one of the strategically important routes through which roads to both China and Pakistan borders pass through.
Traffic dept officials said, "Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed for vehicular movement due to landslides/mudslides and shooting stones at several places.
The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar is 0.8 degrees Celsius today.
The roads have been covered with a thick layer of snow and clearing operations are in process, using heavy machinery such as JCB.
The heavy snowfall, coupled with closings caused by the surge in coronavirus cases, forced much of Washington to shut down.
"We have already issued an advisory about moderate to heavy snowfall in Kashmir division and rain in the Jammu division. Inclement weather is expected to continue till January 9 (forenoon)", an official of the MeT department said.
Himalayan region of Munsiyari town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall on December 29.
Reports say cities including Sunridge, Edmonton Ski Club, Snow Valley and Rabbit Hill announced closures to the extreme cold.
There was an improvement in the minimum temperatures on Tuesday night at most of the places in the Kashmir Valley on the 2nd day of Chilla-i-Kalan, the officials said.
Winter has arrived in India with fog and snowfall in many northern states. While Delhi registers record-breaking winters, this time around, schools have been shut down in Punjab. Even the Kashmir valley now witnesses 'Chillai Kalan' and according to weather department, it will register temperature in the minus range for over a month.
The Group F match was originally scheduled to take place on Wednesday and kickoff was initially delayed by 20 minutes before it was decided to reschedule.
The upper reaches of the Kashmir valley witnessed light to moderate snowfall while plains were lashesd with rains, ending dry spell in the region, making Gulmarg and Sonamarg a heaven on earth for tourists.
Himachal Pradesh's Shimla received fresh snowfall on Monday, making it a movie wonderland come to life.
Srinagar recorded a low of 0.7 degrees Celsius Thursday night, the lowest minimum temperature recorded this season.
Snowfall started in many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir early in the morning, the officials said.
Heavy rains accompanied by hailstorms lashed wide parts of the Jammu division on October 23, causing massive damage to the standing crops, while orchardists in south Kashmir districts suffered an immense loss due to untimely snowfall.
On October 23 2021, Srinagar recorded the coldest October in 39 years, with similar conditions in other parts of Kashmir.
The announcement comes after at least three trekkers, out of a group of 13, died following heavy rains and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh.
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