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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 19:44:57 EST
FULL STORY:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040124/main1.htm
Photo at:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040124/index.htm
QUOTES:
Snow in Shimla, Kasauli; Kashmir cut off
Shimla/Srinagar, January 23
A blinding snowstorm hit Shimla and several other parts of Himachal Pradesh
this morning while snow, rain and landslides kept the Kashmir valley cut
off from the rest of the country for the third day. Reports of hailstorms
and heavy rain were also received from the plains all over the region.
The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the
third day today.
The city and its surrounding areas were plunged into darkness in the wee
hours of the day when the blizzard struck. Uprooted trees and electric
poles snapped the two main power lines at about a dozen places between
Sankati and Idgah and Mashobra and Shimla. By the evening power supply had
been restored to some parts of the town while repair work was still on.
Attendance in office was thin as many employees could not make it because
of snow.
Jakhu peak, the highest point of the city, recorded 30 cm of snow, while
the lower areas had 15 cm to 30 cm. The nearby resort of Kufri and Phagu
were under knee-deep snow.
The upper Shimla hills were covered with a thick blanket of snow with
Narkanda (50 cm), Hattu Peak (90 cm), Kharapathar (40 cm), Manali (25 cm),
Solang Nullah (90 cm), Kulu (10 cm), McLeodganj in Dharamsala (15 cm).
Kasauli, Barog and Bhuntar also had snowfall. The tribal areas of Kinnaur,
Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi were having incessant snow for the past 48 hours.
The entire tribal belt reeled under sub-zero temperatures.
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