Heavy Snowfall

01 Nov

Six Indian Tourists Stranded In Nepal’s Shey-Phoksundo National Park As Heavy Snow Halts Rescue

Rajeev Sharma0 CommentsIndiaHeavy Snowfall, Indian Tourists, Nepal, Rescue Operation, Shey Phoksundo

Kathmandu (Rajeev Sharma): Six Indian tourists, including two women, have been stranded in Nepal's Shey-Phoksundo National Park area since Saturday afternoon after heavy snowfall cut off access to the region. Rescue efforts were suspended until Monday after a Nepali Army helicopter failed to land due to adverse weather conditions, officials said on Sunday. The group had travelled to the Dho area in Ward No. 8 of Shey Phoksundo Rural Municipality, around 300 km northwest of Kathmandu. The area has been covered in heavy snow, Dolpa Chief District Officer (CDO) Junu Dhakal said. Authorities have located the area where the tourists…

29 Jan

Heavy snowfall paralyses life in Himachal, Uttarakhand; cold wave tightens grip across North India

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndiaHeavy Snowfall, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Weather

National Times Bureau :- Heavy snowfall and rain in the hill states have severely disrupted normal life, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand bearing the brunt of extreme winter conditions. In Himachal Pradesh, intense snowfall on Wednesday pushed minimum temperatures in higher reaches to between -6°C and -1°C. The coldest spot was Kukumseri in Lahaul-Spiti district, where the mercury plunged to -6.1°C. The snowfall has crippled infrastructure across the state. As many as 885 roads, including four national highways, remain closed, while over 3,000 power transformers are non-functional. Water supply has also been badly hit due to frozen pipelines, leaving thousands…