The mercury rose in the northern
Indian plains with Delhi recording the warmest February day in
a decade today, as an avalanche warning was issued for parts
of Jammu-Kashmir and Himchal Pradesh till tomorrow evening.
The mercury rose in the northern
Indian plains with Delhi recording the warmest February day in
a decade today, as an avalanche warning was issued for parts
of Jammu-Kashmir and Himchal Pradesh till tomorrow evening.
In the national capital, the maximum temperature rose to
32.4 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest February day in
the past one decade.
"The day temperature settled at 32.4 degrees Celsius, 8
notches above the season's average, which is the hottest
February day witnessed since 2007," the Met office said.
The minimum temperature was pegged at 16.4 degrees
Celsius, five notches above the normal, the official said.
A medium to high danger avalanche warning has been issued
for some avalanche-prone areas of Jammu and Kashmir and
Himachal Pradesh for 24 hours starting 5 PM today.
"High danger avalanche warning exists for avalanche-prone
slopes of Kargil district. Medium danger avalanche warning
exists for avalanche-prone slopes of Kupwara and Bandipora
districts of Jammu and Kashmir," Chandigarh-based Snow and
Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) said.
Similarly, medium danger avalanche warning exists for
slopes of Lahul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, it said.
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed as rains
trigerred landslides at several places along the nearly
300-km long road, the only all-weather road link connecting
Kashmir with the rest of the country.
An official of the Traffic Control Room said one-way
traffic from Jammu to Srinagar was scheduled to ply on the
highway today, but the vehicles have been halted near Nagrota
in Jammu region due to landslides.
A spokesman of the Meteorological Department said most
parts of the Valley, including summer capital Srinagar,
received rains overnight.
Leh in frontier region of Ladakh was the coldest recorded
place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 3 degrees Celsius, the
spokesman said.
Cold conditions revived in several parts of Himachal
Pradesh as high-altitude tribal areas and other higher hills
had another spell of moderate snowfall while mid and lower
hills experienced widespread rains.
The high altitude tribal areas and mountain passes of
Rohtang and Kunzam received 20 cm to 30 cm of snow.
Udaipur and Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district
recorded 13 cm and 8 cm of precipitation while Kalpa and Kothi
gauged 2 cm and Khadrala 1 cm of snow till this morning.
Minimum temperatures today hovered several notches above
normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Chandigarh
recording it at 15.2 degrees Celsius, up six notches.
Amritsar registered a low of 14.2 degrees Celsius, seven
notches above normal, while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded
their minimums at 13 and 14.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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