Clear Weather Jammu And Kashmir

Racing against time, an Army brigade utilised a small window of clear weather in the snow-choked Gurez Valley in Jammu and Kashmir to airlift a critically ill pregnant woman to a hospital in Srinagar by activating a helipad near the Line of Control on a very short notice, officials said on Thursday.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day today as heavy rains hampered the operation to clear the debris brought on the arterial road by a massive landslide in Ramban district, officials said.

The people of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to bright sunshine today. "The weather is likely to remain dry in the state for the next four to five days although the minimum temperatures are likely to drop due to a clear night sky," an official of the Met Department said. "But there would be an improvement in the day temperatures." The ski resort of Gulm...

Overnight rains stopped and overcast sky gave way to a bright sun in Kashmir Valley which was reeling under wet weather for the last seven days leading to flooding in some low lying areas and triggering landslides that left 16 people dead and hundreds homeless.

With the weather condition improving in Jammu and Kashmir, rescue and relief operations resumed in flood-hit areas of the state. All the air operations were halted earlier today because of the rain, triggering panic among the residents. Officials say over 200 people have been killed in the worst floods in the state in over a century; about 1.5 lakh...

The floods in Jammu and Kashmir have taken a huge toll on the state's roads. One-third of the road network in Jammu has taken a hit. Four bridges have been totally damaged. And once the weather clears up and water recedes, it will take at least a week to restore connectivity, say officials of the Border Roads Organisation, or BRO.

Racing against time, an Army brigade utilised a small window of clear weather in the snow-choked Gurez Valley in Jammu and Kashmir to airlift a critically ill pregnant woman to a hospital in Srinagar by activating a helipad near the Line of Control on a very short notice, officials said on Thursday.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day today as heavy rains hampered the operation to clear the debris brought on the arterial road by a massive landslide in Ramban district, officials said.

The people of Jammu and Kashmir woke up to bright sunshine today. "The weather is likely to remain dry in the state for the next four to five days although the minimum temperatures are likely to drop due to a clear night sky," an official of the Met Department said. "But there would be an improvement in the day temperatures." The ski resort of Gulm...

Overnight rains stopped and overcast sky gave way to a bright sun in Kashmir Valley which was reeling under wet weather for the last seven days leading to flooding in some low lying areas and triggering landslides that left 16 people dead and hundreds homeless.

With the weather condition improving in Jammu and Kashmir, rescue and relief operations resumed in flood-hit areas of the state. All the air operations were halted earlier today because of the rain, triggering panic among the residents. Officials say over 200 people have been killed in the worst floods in the state in over a century; about 1.5 lakh...

The floods in Jammu and Kashmir have taken a huge toll on the state's roads. One-third of the road network in Jammu has taken a hit. Four bridges have been totally damaged. And once the weather clears up and water recedes, it will take at least a week to restore connectivity, say officials of the Border Roads Organisation, or BRO.