A massive avalanche struck Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir which led to the death of a foreigner, few skiers have been rescued, but one is still feared missing and trapped.
An avalanche has hit the Kongdoori Slopes of Gulmarg, in the Baramulla district of Gulmarg in North Kashmir. According to media reports, ‘The natural calamity has hit a group of foreigner skiers and a rescue operation for them has also been launched’.
The residents said that the foreign group left for skiing without the local residents. As per the initial reports, one foreign skier has been killed and six have been rescued and are being treated at a local hospital.
Snow avalanche hits upper reaches of J&K's Gulmarg; details awaited
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The skier who has been killed in the Gulmarg Avalanche was from Russia. ‘The avalanche hit the foreign group around 2:00 PM..” It has also been reported that one skier is still trapped and a rescue operation is underway; according to officials.
Apart from the police, army and civil administration and choppers have also been called, for the rescue-cum-search operation.
Visuals of the snow avalanche go viral on social media. In the viral photograph, tourists can be seen at a distance, in the blur of a possible snowstorm, with a yellow helicopter hovering above them, in all probability, there to rescue the tourists.
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