A large avalanche struck the Sonmarg area on the Srinagar-Leh Highway on Thursday. According to officials , no fatalities have been reported yet.

According to the officials, the avalanche happened close to the Sonmarg workshop used for building the Zojila tunnel. Nevertheless, the incident did not result in any reported damage.

In response to significant snowfall that occurred during the first week of February, the authorities have issued an avalanche warning for the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley.

In most areas of the Valley, the minimum temperature on Wednesday remained several degrees below freezing.

For the second day in a row, the coldest places in the Valley were the tourist destinations of Gulmarg and Pahalgam. Pahalgam in South Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 10.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday night, which is about 4.6 degrees below normal.

The temperature in the north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius, or about 3.3 degrees below normal, according to the Srinagar meteorological center.

The weather in the Valley has cleared this week after last week’s sporadic snowfall, with daytime highs around average and evening lows dropping.