March 5, 2020 1:49 PM

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Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh

The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh, namely Shimla, Lahaul Spiti and Chamba district today experienced fresh snowfall and lashed by rainfall as the weather was mainly overcast in the State. <br />'' <br />'' The tourist resorts of Narkanda & Hatu peak of Shimla district, Rohtang Pass, Lady of Keylong and the higher reaches of Seven sister's hill of Dalhousie experienced light to moderate spell of fresh snowfall. Met Office recorded six cm snowfall at Keylong, headquarter of Lahaul Spiti, Gondola five cm, Kothi and Khadrala in Shimla three cm each and Kalpa 1.4 cm. Various parts of the States were lashed by rain. <br />'' <br />''<br />''The minimum temperature of Keylong was minus 6.4 degrees and degree degrees below normal, Kalpa in Kinnaur minus 0.2 degrees, Kufri and Dalhousie zero degrees. Warning of heavy rain with thunderstorm accompanied by lighting, hailstorm and gusty winds with speeds of 30 to 40 km are likely to occur in mid and high reaches on March five and six in the State Met Office forecasts light to moderate rain, thundershowers with the possibility of hailstorms are very likely to occur in the districts Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Kullu and Chamba district in the next 24 hours.<br />

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