Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Receive Fresh Snowfall, Temperatures Dip. Watch Videos

Watch the videos of fresh snowfall in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.

Snowfall in Himachal Pradesh

Source : Twitter | @ANI

The high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Monday. Major highways were closed and villages were cut off due to the heavy snowfall and rains in Jammu and Kashmir. As a precaution, certain districts' schools were also closed on Monday, as reported by PTI.

Videos from Himachal released by ANI showed the Spiti valley of Lahaul and Spiti district covered in a thick sheet of snow. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the minimum temperature in the valley can reach up to minus 3 degree Celsius on Monday.

#WATCH | Himachal Pradesh: Higher reaches of the state receive fresh snowfall. Visuals from Spiti valley of Lahaul & Spiti district. pic.twitter.com/3y0CdmFZFh

— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2022

Himachal's Narkanda town received its first snowfall of the season on Monday morning.

#WATCH | Himachal Pradesh's Narkanda sees season's first snowfall pic.twitter.com/tTB6K91afo

— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2022

The ski town of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir was coated in a thick layer of snow from the overnight heavy snowfall. The IMD predicted that Gulmarg's lowest temperature might drop as low as minus 2 degrees Celsius. 

#WATCH | Ski town of Gulmarg covered in a blanket of snow as the region receives fresh snowfall pic.twitter.com/PApBbCZjXE

— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2022

Snowfall was also reported from the high-altitude areas of Ramban, Udhampur, Kishtwar, Doda and Kathua districts and hill resorts of Patnitop, Sinthan and Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir.

#WATCH | Jammu & Kashmir: Doda received fresh snowfall today. pic.twitter.com/Xg4xPzE2d2

— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2022

Kupwara and Baramulla districts received the season’s first snowfall on Monday, informed the IMD.

#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: The plains and the lower reaches of Kupwara receive the season's first snowfall. pic.twitter.com/p7E9tjdEWu

— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2022

From Tuesday till Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy, after which there is a possibility of light to moderate rain or snow on Saturday. However, there is no forecast of any major snow spell till November 20, the meteorological office said.