While the North India and specially Kashmir is covered with the thick blanket of snow, a heart-warming video of teen girl has gone viral on social media where she can be seen reporting snowfall using a stick. In an one minute 19 second video, 15-year-old Eiduha Iqbal from south Kashmir’s Shopian district[Read More…]
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Nearly 200 road links in Himachal reopened after snowfall; tourists rescued
Shimla: Nearly 200 road links in Himachal Pradesh were reopened on Wednesday a day after widespread snow and rain blocked highways and link roads. A majority of commuters, who were stranded across the state, were moved to their destination with the clearing of snow from roads, officials said here. Still,[Read More…]
Rain & snowfall lash entire North India, halts traffic; Avalanche alert for Uttarakhand
North India is shivering as the region sees a wet spell and snowfall, with rains bringing a respite from fog and pollution in many places. The cold wave conditions intensified across North India on Tuesday, with many areas in the region even seeing hailstorm. The national capital witnessed heavy rainfall and[Read More…]
Heavy rain, snow lash J&K
Srinagar, Incessant rain in Jammu division and light to moderate fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley occurred on Tuesday as the Met forecast improvement from Wednesday onwards. “The western disturbance active over Jammu and Kashmir has resulted in rains in the Jammu division and the snowfall in the valley over[Read More…]
Himachal gets relief from snow, rain
Shimla, After three consecutive days of snowfall and rain, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday got some relief, but the cold continued to grip the hills, said an official. The meteorological office here said no major snow or rainfall has been reported in the state since Monday. Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul[Read More…]
Tourists cheer as Manali sees snow
Shimla, Snowfall continued to elude this Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday, but the tourist resort of Manali had snow. The minimum temperature recorded at Manali was one degree Celsius, the weather office here said. “Most of the higher reaches in the state have been getting snow since last (Friday) night,”[Read More…]
Not just Kashmir, this Southern state too shivers at -3 degrees
If you have visited enough of northern state hill stations then why not visit South India this time to roll and slide on snow mounts. Wondering how snowfall is possible in summer bound Southern states? Munnar, considered the Kashmir of Kerala, on Wednesday morning was blanketed with thick frost which[Read More…]
Sikkim: Selfless Army jawans give away their beds to stranded tourists, sleep outside in -9 degree
More than 2,800 tourists who got stranded at Nathu La near Indo-China border and other places in the Sikkim region following heavy snowfall, were rescued by Indian Army. The tourists, who included many elderly people and children, while sharing their experience told the story of bravery by our jawans who slept[Read More…]
No snowfall in Kashmir on Christmas
Srinagar, Christmas celebrations in Kashmir are likely to miss the traditional snowfall this year as an unabated cold wave continues on Tuesday with the Met denying any possibility of rain or snow till New Year. There was no relief from the severe cold that has been lashing the valley for[Read More…]
Himachal’s Kalpa gets snowfall
Shimla: Tourist destinations like Kalpa located on the high hills of Himachal Pradesh received snowfall on Friday, turning it even more picturesque. “The higher reaches of Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Shimla and Sirmaur districts experienced moderate snowfall. The weather will remain dry till December 9. Thereafter there are chances of widespread[Read More…]
Kashmir valley receives season’s first snowfall
The snowfall, which began in the higher reaches of the Kashmir valley earlier this week, reached Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The cold wave like conditions considerably brought down the maximum temperature in Kashmir. All weather stations across the valley Friday witnessed a drop of around[Read More…]
J&K avalanche: Two soldiers dead in Ladakh region
As multiple avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall strikes the Batalik sector in the Ladakh region of Jammu Kashmir, it killed two soldiers while one other has been rescued. The incident happened on Thursday and three soldiers have been rescued so far from under the snow. According to the weather department,[Read More…]
Fresh snowfall in Shimla, temperature dips to 3°C
Season’s first snowfall blocks roads stranding tourists in Manali
Nearly 50 tourists are stranded in Kothi, Manali due to blocked roads. Traffic to tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie were snapped from the rest of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday due to heavy snowfall. Traffic bound for Shimla was disrupted at Shogi, about 15 km from Shimla, due to snowfall,[Read More…]
Sudden snowfall in parts of Saudi Arabia brings joy to locals
The icy temperatures in parts of the Saudi Arabia have covered its desert sand with powdery snow. With the temperatures dropping below freezing, Saudis are reacting with a healthy dosage of humor, and even a few snowmen. Actually, the frigid temperatures and extensive snow is a sudden treat for Saudi[Read More…]