It has been closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by rains at multiple places and snow accumulated around the NAVYUG tunnel, officials added today.
The storm thrashed parts of 10 states, with blizzard warnings that stretched from Virginia to Maine. Philadelphia and New York saw plenty of wind and snow, but Boston was in the crosshairs.
An official of the IMD said due to clear night sky, minimum temperatures are likely to drop further below the freezing point in the two UTs during the next 48 hours.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today informed that very dense fog was reported at isolated places including the Kalpa area of Himachal Pradesh where the visibility dipped down to 50 metres.
As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rainfall or snowfall has been predicted over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
A statement by IMD said, "A fresh active western disturbance most likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining areas from January 22.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at a low of 2.2 degrees Celsius- half-a-degree down from the previous night, officials said.
The 40-day long period of harsh winter cold known locally as the 'Chillai Kalan', which started on Dec 21, will end on Jan 31.
On Sunday, isolated thunderstorms with lightning are very likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh on Sunday while isolated light or moderate rainfall is likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
After Kashmir received an unexpected bout of snowfall on Saturday, the most breathtaking view of a snow clad train entering an equally snow covered Sadura Railway Station, Baramulla-Banihal could be seen in a viral video.
Dressed in a pink jacket, the girl is complaining that guests cannot come to her place because of the bad road condition. Narrating how mud and rains have made the condition worse, the girl walked on a road showing the potholes in a 2.08 minute video apparently shot on a mobile phone.
Tangdhar (Karnah) sector remains cut off for days altogether during winters due to snowfall and mud slides that block the road.
Gulmarg, the famous skiing resort in north Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, while Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius.
While tourist resort Kufri recorded highest snowfall in the state at 55 cm, it was 30 cm in Dalhousie, 21.6 cm in Kalpa, 15 cm in Shimla and 2 cm in Manali.
The video has rcaked up lakhs of views and is being widely shared on social media.
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.
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