Avalanche kills at least 24 in Indian Kashmir
An avalanche killed at least 24 people early today when it struck a tiny mountain village in India’s portion of Kashmir while most of its residents slept, sweeping away dozens of houses and leaving scores of people missing, officials said.
The slide in Branil village as well as several other avalanches in Jammu-Kashmir state have been triggered by the region’s worst snowfall in 15 years, and brought the death toll to 49 since the storms started on Friday.
