VIDEO Snowfall starts in Gulmarg. Moderately snowing.
Video: Mir Faisal
Mountains in Kashmir received mild snowfall while certain areas were also lashed with rains on Sunday in the beginning of a week-long intermittent precipitation predicted by the meteorological department
After more than a week of dry and extreme cold conditions, mountains in Kashmir received mild snowfall while certain areas were also lashed with rains on Sunday in the beginning of a week-long intermittent precipitation predicted by the meteorological department.
The MeT department said that Pahalgam in south Kashmir and Kupwara in north Kashmir witnessed rains.
“Rains have started in Pahalgam and Kupwara while moderate snowfall is expected during the night, even in Srinagar,” said meteorologist Mohammad Hussain Mir.
Srinagar’s prominent weather spotter Faizan Arif said snow has been witnessed in Sonamarg, Gulmarg besides Karnah and Machil in the frontier district of Kupwara.
“Machil in Kupwara records 4-6 inches of snow. Currently snowing moderately in the area,” he said.
Gulmarg has been witnessing light snowflakes since the afternoon. “It has just started snowing here. We expect heavy snowfall during the night,” said a resident, Altaf Ahmad.
