Seoul braces for heavy snow expected through Saturday
Authorities in Seoul remained on high alert Friday as the greater capital region braces for heavy snowfall expected later in the night and Saturday.
Authorities in Seoul remained on high alert Friday as the greater capital region braces for heavy snowfall expected later in the night and Saturday.
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall struck Finland's capital Helsinki, disrupting commuter traffic, tram operations, and flight schedules.
KPDCL Managing Director Mussarat Islam said five 33 kV feeders out of 120 are presently under fault, while 76 out of 1118 HT 11 kV feeders were down, in view of heavy snowfall in parts of Electric Divisions Handwara, Baramulla & Kupwara
Heavy snowfall has led to the cancellation of some 760 flights at the Munich airport in Germany, a spokesperson said.
The iconic heights of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand were covered in white on Tuesday after the district received the season's first snowfall.
Likewise, Manali and its uphill Solang ski slopes and Kalpa, 250 km from the state capital, saw snowfall.
Nainital last experienced a major landslide in 1997 near DSB Campus college when the Naina Peak gave way in 1988-89.
Adampur in Punjab was the coldest place in both the states as it registered its low at 2.3 degrees Celsius.
These artificial glaciers provide abundant water during summers in the Phayang and adjoining areas of Ladakh where the temperature was hovering around -20 degrees Celsius.
The committee would submit its report by January 25 to the Government.
