Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh

Shimla, October 24

Thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds lashed mid and lower hills of Himachal while the high-altitude areas had another spell of fresh snowfall, creating cold wave conditions.

Intermittent heavy showers lashed Shimla and other mid and lower hills, foggy conditions prevailed in the region, reducing visibility to a few yards and disrupting vehicular traffic.

Rain occurred at many places and snowfall at isolated places over higher reaches in the last 24 hours. The maximum temperature dropped by two to five degree and stayed five to 14 degree below normal. Gondla received 18 cm of snow followed by Hansa 10 cm and Keylong 3 cm.

Dalhousie with 77 mm of rain was the wettest followed by Kheri 57 mm, Una 69 mm, Bangana 50 mm, Nagrota Surian 41 mm, Guler 39 mm, Mehre 37 mm, Dehra Gopipur 34 mm, Solan 32 mm, Jhandutta 30 mm, Amb 28 mm, Gaggal 24 mm, Dharamshla 20 mm, Manali 15 mm, Kasauli 14 mm, and Shimla and Bharmaur 10 mm each.

The mercury dipped to minus 0.7°C at Keylong while Una was the hottest with a high of 20.7°C, 10°C below normal. So far, 69 persons have died during post-monsoon season from October 8 to 24. The Met office has predicted rain and thunderstorm in mid and higher hills and rain and snow at isolated place in the higher reaches tomorrow and dry weather from October 26 to 28. — TNS