An advisory by the agency said high-danger avalanche warning exists for avalanche-prone areas in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, while medium-danger avalanche warning exists for Kupwara and Bandipora districts in the state.
Rescue operations were launched immediately, and all four extricated and taken to the next nearest post on foot, but three of them - Havaldar Kamlesh Singh, 39, Naik Balveer, 33 and Sepoy Rajinder, 25 - succumbed to their injuries.
Sadhna Pass, which mostly remains closed for six months in winters, connects Kupwara with border town of Karnah
Authorities involved in rescue and relief operation confirmed that they have recovered two bodies so far, including one of a 10-year-old boy.
As per reports, two soldiers went missing in Kupwara district's Nowgam sector on Monday evening and three others disappeared on Tuesday morning in Bandipora district's Gurez sector.
A medium danger warning was issued today for some avalanche-prone slopes of Jammu and Kashmir above 2,500 metres. Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) said a "medium danger" warning is in place for avalanche-prone
At least 14 people were today killed in avalanche in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported. A senior official told Geo News that the 14 bodies were recovered from a village in Chitral district.
Five Indian Army soldiers, who were on Saturday rescued from an avalanche near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, succumbed to their injuries while being evacuated, defence officials said today.
Army chief general Bipin Rawat today blamed global warming, ecological changes and heavy shelling by Pakistani troops for avalanches in places like Jammu and Kashmir, which had not reported such instances earlier. “Ceasefire violations and
The final death toll from Italy’s devastating avalanche stands at 29 after the remaining bodies were pulled out of the rubble of a hotel crushed by tons of snow, firefighters said Thursday. Firefighters issued the
One Army officer was killed while four others went missing following an avalanche that hit an Army camp in Sonamarg area in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
In a development that sprung hope of finding more survivors, at least six people were found alive by the rescuers in an Italian mountain hotel that was struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken
At least 30 people were missing, including at least two children, after a four-star spa hotel was struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy on Wednesday.
Avalanche hits army post in Kargil; one soldier missing, another rescued
Jammu: All the 10 Army personnel including a JCO trapped under a mass of snow after a massive avalanche struck their high-altitude military post yesterday in Siachen Glacier were today feared dead. The news comes over 30
New Delhi: At least of ten Army personnel including one Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and 9 Jawans are reported missing after an avalanche hit an Indian Army post the Siachen glacier in the Ladakh region
Seattle: All climbers on the Nepal side of Mount Everest have left the mountain and the climbing season is over following a deadly earthquake that left thousands dead in Nepal and dozens of climbers killed
Kathmandu: Around 200 people have been rescued from the Mount Everest, Nepal's tourism ministry said on Tuesday and added that 19 people are dead.After the weather conditions improved, four helicopters were deployed on Monday to
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