Kashmir Windstorm

Rain, frequent windstorm and hailstorm has severely impacted horticulture and agriculture - the mainstay of Kashmir's rural economy. The erratic weather has plunged temperature several degrees below normal in Kashmir.

Three people were killed and 20 others were injured as storms wreaked havoc in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday damaging nearly 10,000 structures and throwing normal life out of gear.

A nightlong windstorm blew away hundreds of rooftops, uprooted an even greater number of trees and threw the Valley's electric power supply system haywire, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir government to declare a high alert on Tuesday. Kashmir Divisional commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon told reporters that all the departments of the state government...

Rain, frequent windstorm and hailstorm has severely impacted horticulture and agriculture - the mainstay of Kashmir's rural economy. The erratic weather has plunged temperature several degrees below normal in Kashmir.

Three people were killed and 20 others were injured as storms wreaked havoc in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday damaging nearly 10,000 structures and throwing normal life out of gear.

A nightlong windstorm blew away hundreds of rooftops, uprooted an even greater number of trees and threw the Valley's electric power supply system haywire, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir government to declare a high alert on Tuesday. Kashmir Divisional commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon told reporters that all the departments of the state government...