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Two avalanches hit J-K's Bandipora, no casualties
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Two avalanches hit Gurez and Tulail tehsils of the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, said, officials.
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J-K: Medium to low danger level avalanches likely in next 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority informed that low-danger level avalanches are likely in Baramulla and Ganderbal districts, while medium-danger level avalanches are likely to strike Doda, Poonch, Ramban, Bandipore and Kupwara districts.
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J-K: Army rescues 30 civilians stuck in avalanches near Tangdhar pass
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 18 (ANI): Amidst fresh snowfall and two avalanches, the Indian Army and General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) rescued 30 civilians stuck on Chowkibal-Tangdhar road (NH-701) on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
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Afghanistan: 11 killed, 23 injured in snow avalanches, floods
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 6 (ANI): At least 11 people were killed and 23 wounded across Afghanistan on Wednesday amid heavy snow and rainfall that resulted in avalanches and floods.
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India, US Army contingents train for extreme cold weather conditions durin
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Indian and US Army contingents carried out numerous training activities during the ongoing 'Yudh Abhyas Exercise' in Alaska, US wherein the Indian Army taught the US soldiers how to survive the avalanches and extremely cold weather conditions.
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15 killed in avalanches in US in last week
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): After four skiers died in an avalanche in Utah on Saturday, the total number of fatalities due to avalanches in the United States has risen to 15 over the last week.
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Army organises camp on snow avalanche awareness, rescue in J-K's Baramulla
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 9 (ANI): The avalanche rescue team of the Indian Army on Monday organised awareness-cum-demonstration camp on snow avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
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Experts train local residents on how to handle emergencies in Kashmir vall
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 20 (ANI): Civil defence experts trained volunteers and locals on how to handle emergency situations such as fires, earthquakes, and snow avalanches at a training programme in the Kashmir valley.
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Avalanches likely in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 5 (ANI): Avalanche warning has been issued on Tuesday for higher reaches of Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Anantnag, Kulgam, Kupwara and Bandipora districts, according to the Disaster Management Authority of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Amid border row, new DRDO lab created for focused research along China, Pa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): In the middle of a border conflict, the government has merged two DRDO laboratories to create a new one to do focused research on terrain and avalanches along the borders with China and Pakistan.
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BRO clearing snow from three major avalanches near Dharali in U'khand
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is working to clear the snow from three major avalanches of sizes ranging between 40 and 130 metres near Dharali between Harshil and Gangotri here, an official on Saturday.
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BRO clears 4 major avalanches in Uttarkashi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Border Roads Organization (BRO) has cleared four major avalanches between Harshil and Gangotri.
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