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The pregnant woman's family was in tears seeing the commitment and zeal of Indian Army soldiers through laborious evacuation for 5 km as any delay in evacuation would have endangered the lives of both mother and baby.
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The seven Army personnel were part of a patrol team and had gone missing after being hit by the avalanche in Tawang district.
In the high altitude area of Kameng Sector in the Northeastern state, search and rescue operations are presently underway and specialised teams have been airlifted to assist in rescue operations, stated the Indian Army.
All the tourists were provided with accommodation, hot meals, warm clothing and critical medical support arranged by the Indian Army
Pertaining to heavy snowfall and low temperature, the doors of Kedarnath and Badrinath Temple will remain closed from next month. Due to low temperature, travelling turns out to be quite difficult for pilgrims especially at high altitudes in winters. Announcing the closing dates on Friday, the Devasthanam Temple board ushered the mandate of temples being shut until summer next year.
Landslides at Malling Nullah near Naco in Kinnaur district have blocked the Kinnaur-Kaza national highway on Monday, leaving hundreds of people stranded on site.
Whenever people needed help, the Indian Army rose on occasion to rescue, to safeguard performing their duty with utmost professionalism. While at one end the Indian Army troop held multiple search and rescue operations for stranded tourists in Chaddar Trek, exemplifying another act of incredible bravery and commitment to help people, the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army helped a pregnant Kashmiri woman reach a hospital to deliver her baby.
For the first time, NASA has combined and remastered the satellite measurements from two of our precipitation spacecraft to create our most detailed picture of our planet’s rain and snowfall. This new record will help scientists better understand normal and extreme rain and snowfall around the world and how these weather events may change in a warming climate.
The Indian Air Force acted as a rescuer as they airlifted almost 538 people, including 319 GATE aspirants, between the twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar. The IAF came to the rescue of the many people who were stuck in the twin capitals due to the closure if Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
The chilling weather with heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir looks beautiful like paradise but the disadvantages it brings along is unwelcoming. With heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir, the state police have police evacuated 22 families from an avalanche prone area in Gund of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to safer places.
Uttarakhand received the seasons' heaviest snowfall on Tuesday. Nainital, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri received heavy snowfall; Mussoorie received nearly half-foot snow, while Dhanaulti is covered with snow since Monday night.
Embracing the snowy blanket, Kerala’s hilly region Munnar witnessed a thin blanket of frost on Saturday morning as the temperature dipped to -3 degree Celsius. The first week of January brought in some good news for the Southern state of Kerala as several parts of the hills and tea plantations in Munnar, which is known as ‘Kashmir of South India’ was covered under snow.
Once again showcasing their sense of responsibility, Indian Army rescued more than 2500 civilians stuck in hundreds of vehicles around Nathula near Gangtok in Sikkim due to heavy snowfall, last night. The civilians were carefully provided with food, shelter and medical facilities by the army on Friday night.
The cold wave has intensified in most parts of Uttarakhand after a fresh bout of snowfall and rains in the past 24 hours, an official said on Wednesday. Rains in the plains and snowfall in the hill tracts of the state have caused a fall in the temperature in most places. Intermittent rains in the state capital since morning and gutsy winds have forced people to stay indoors.
One-way traffic has been restored on Jammu-Srinagar national highway after remaining closed for over 18 hours due to massive landslides in Ramban district and heavy snowfall in Qazigund, near Jawahar Tunnel, Shaitani Nallah, and Banihal.
The Centre has released 122 crore rupees as the first instalment to Himachal Pradesh to undertake immediate rehabilitation measures in the wake of heavy rain and snowfall.
In Himachal Pradesh, about 50 students of IIT-Roorkee on a trek in Lahaul valley have been rescued by the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters. Officials said, the IAF also rescued a German couple trapped in a blizzard while trekking from Ringdum to Dibling, adding that over 500 people remain stranded in other areas in Lahaul and Spiti district. The officials said, about 300 are trapped in Baralacha and 200 in Koksar, and helicopters are being deployed to rescue them.
Heavy snowfall in Uttarakhand has led to a halt in Char Dham Yatra as Kedarnath and Badrinath Yatra routes have been closed due to bad weather.
While Arunachal Pradesh has been cuddling under the white blanket of snow; India Army has rescued around 680 people stuck due to heavy snowfall in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted 488 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. With this successful operation, a total of 955 stranded passengers have been airlifted by the IAF to Leh from Udhampur-based IAF station this year.
Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures are creating havoc across the United Kingdom. It has caused several deaths, the closure of hundreds of schools and the cancellation of dozens of flights and train services across the country.
For the second consecutive in two weeks, the Indian Air Force on Tuesday airlifted 234 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, Ladakh region remains cut-off for over five months due to heavy snowfall in Zojila pass area, along 434-km Srinagar-Leh National Highway, the only road linking the frontier region with rest of the state.
The Indian Air Force on Monday airlifted 233 stranded civilians from Udhampur to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir usually brings smile and joy for the tourists but often create problems too.
Russia and snowfall are not unknown to each other at all. But, this weekend has watched a Moscow covered with heavy snow blanket. More than a month’s worth of snow fell on Moscow within just 36 hours at the weekend, touted as Century’s heaviest snowfall to hit the city.
A dessert covered with snow! This scene is very rare actually but the famous Sahara dessert is literally covered with Snow Blanket. Sahara, which is famously known as one of the warmest places on the earth rarely receives snowfall. In last 40 years, this is the 3rd time Sahara has witnessed such scene.
Kashmir Capital Srinagar wakes up to a snowy morning as it received season’s first snowfall on Tuesday. Srinagar and other plain areas of Jammu and Kashmir received rainfall ending the long dry spell. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir and snowfall in the higher reaches of the state in the next few days.
With the starting of December, North India has started experiencing usual winter chill. While intense cold waves are striking the northern part, heavy rain and snowfall has been also predicted in parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
