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Crystal tree branches, frozen waterfall: Kashmir turns 'snow white' with intensifying cold waves

Biting cold gripped Kashmir as many regions in the valley shivered with temperatures plummeting several degrees below the freezing point. The intense cold wave led to the freezing of the famous Dal Lake and other water bodies in the valley.

abhirupa-kundu Edited By: Abhirupa Kundu [Updated: December 19, 2024 10:43 IST]
  • Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season at minus six degrees Celsius. The picture shows houses covered in snow as many areas in the plains of Kashmir received the season's first snowfall.
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    Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season at minus six degrees Celsius. The picture shows houses covered in snow as many areas in the plains of Kashmir received the season's first snowfall.
  • Tree branches crystallise as a cold wave grips Kashmir. The weather department has forecast cold wave to continue for a couple of more days with light snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir by the end of this week.
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    Tree branches crystallise as a cold wave grips Kashmir. The weather department has forecast cold wave to continue for a couple of more days with light snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir by the end of this week.
  •  Tourists click photographs as they visit the frozen Drung waterfall, at Tangmarg in Baramulla district, North Kashmir. Temperatures dropped several degrees below zero in several pockets of the valley.
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    Tourists click photographs as they visit the frozen Drung waterfall, at Tangmarg in Baramulla district, North Kashmir. Temperatures dropped several degrees below zero in several pockets of the valley.
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  • Thee intense cold conditions led to the freezing of the fringes of several water bodies, including the famous Dal Lake here, while water supply lines in many areas of the city here and elsewhere in the valley were also frozen due to the biting cold.
    Image Source : Manzoor Mir/ India TV
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    Thee intense cold conditions led to the freezing of the fringes of several water bodies, including the famous Dal Lake here, while water supply lines in many areas of the city here and elsewhere in the valley were also frozen due to the biting cold.
  • Tourist resort Pahalgam in south Kashmir, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 6.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night.
    Image Source : Manzoor Mir/ India TV
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    Tourist resort Pahalgam in south Kashmir, which also serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a low of minus 6.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night.
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