Avalanche occurred close to Baltal space in Sonamarg.
New Delhi:
A snow avalanche was reported within the in style hill station of Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir in the present day, a video of which has been broadly shared on-line.
The avalanche was reportedly filmed close to Baltal space in Sonamarg, which is positioned in Ganderbal district in central Kashmir. In response to experiences, two avalanches had been reported within the space and there have been no casualties.
Recent snowfall within the larger reaches of the valley have pushed the evening temperature above the freezing level throughout Kashmir.
Whereas temperature in Srinagar have been round 3 levels Celsius, Qazigund, the gateway to the Valley, has registered a minimal of 1.6 levels Celsius,.
The vacationer resort city of Pahalgam in Anantnag district, which additionally serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, registered a low of minus 0.3 levels Celsius – up from minus 3.2 levels.
The minimal temperature in Gulmarg in Baramulla district was at minus 3 levels Celsius, information company PTI reported.
Kashmir is at present below the grip of ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day harshest climate interval when the probabilities of snowfall are most and most frequent.
Chillai Kalan begins on December 21 and ends on January 30. The chilly wave continues even after that with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai Khurd’ (small chilly) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai Bachha’ (child chilly) following it.
