Some vehicles were also damaged when trees fell on them as normal vehicular traffic was badly affected.
The higher reaches in tribal areas received moderate snowfall while mid and lower hills were lashed by the storm, accompanied by sharp showers as minimum temperature dropped to 5.3 deg C in Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti and 8 deg C at Kalpa in Kinnaur while Manali and Shimla recorded a low of 8.2 deg C and 10.6 deg C, 4 degrees below normal.
Sujanpur Tira received 39 mm of rains while Kasol and Naina Devi received 26 mm and 22 mm rains, followed by Kangra 21.2 mm, Bangana 20 mm, Nadaun 19 mm, Dalhousie 16 mm, Guler, Jhandutta and Bharmaur 14 mm and Dharamsala and Kandaghat 13 mm and 11 mm respectively, the local MeT office said.
There was no significant change in maximum temperature and Una was hottest with a high of 33 deg C while Sundernagar recorded maximum temperature of 29 deg C, followed by Nahan 27.5 deg C, Bhuntar 27.2 deg C, Solan 25.7 deg C and Shimla 22 deg C.
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