Srinagar: Morning fog affected pedestrian and vehicular movement in J&K on Tuesday as the gap between the maximum and the minimum temperatures narrowed down in Valley and Ladakh. Night’s lowest temperature dropped to bone-chilling minus 28.5 in Drass town of Ladakh. Maximum temperature was minus 10.6 in Drass yesterday. Drass is one of the coldest inhabited […]
Tag: Snow
No trace of Army jawan after he slips in snow at LoC
New Delhi: An Indian Army jawan remains untraceable after he slipped in the snow during routine patrolling and Line of Control dominating exercise in Gulmarg sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army said on Monday. It said rescue operation is still on to trace the missing jawan. The jawan is identified as Havildar Rajendra Singh Negi, […]
Want to enjoy snow, extend holidays in Himachal!
Shimla/Manali: If you are heading to the hills of Himachal before the New Year dawns and want to enjoy the snowy landscape, extend your holidays, as the Met Office has forecast snow till January 3. “The western disturbances will be active in the region from December 31 with chances of snowfall between January 1 and […]
Shimla, Manali get snow, more in store
Shimla : After much delay, the Himachal Pradesh capital on Sunday experienced snowfall, leading to a surge of tourists out to enjoy the snow-covered landscape. Another picturesque tourist resort Manali had snow on the second day. There are chances of more rain and snow in the state till Wednesday, weather officials said. “Shimla and its […]
Heaviest April snow storm in 12 years hits NYC
New York : New Yorkers woke up to yet another winter storm on Monday which the US National Weather Service predicted to bring about one to two inches (about 2.5 cm to 5 cm) of snow per hour to the Big Apple. The snow had started coming down on the city shortly before dawn on […]
Himachal higher reaches turn white again
Shimla : Cold returned to Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with the state’s higher reaches experiencing more snowfall, while mid and low hills had widespread rainfall, the Met Office said. The temperature remained near the freezing point in many places, a Meteorological department official here told IANS. The state capital, which saw a low of five […]
Ahead of Holi, Himachal in line for more snow
Shimla : Himachal Pradesh is in line for more snow and rain ahead of the Holi festival, the weather office here said on Saturday. A fresh bout of western disturbance will be active in the state for two days from March 1, said the weather office, with chances of widespread rain and snow in the […]
No snow in sight in J&K till Jan end: Met
Srinagar, Jan 22 : Cold wave continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Monday as the Met forecast little probability of any snowfall till January end. “It is unlikely that the valley will have any appreciable snowfall this ‘Chillai Kalan’ although precipitation at isolated places is still possible,” a MET official said. The […]
Snow likely in Uttarakhand as mercury dips further
Dehradun, Jan 2 (IANS) Extreme cold weather conditions continue to prevail in the hill state of Uttarakhand on Tuesday, as the mercury dropped in most hilly areas. Fog was reported from many places though the cold wave has abated in the plains. The regional met office predicted that the cold conditions would intensify on Wednesday. […]