Heavy rain and snowfall continue to disrupt normal life across Northern India. In Himachal Pradesh, five persons are missing while three others were injured when an avalanche hit a cluster of houses in Kafnu village under Kinnaur district.

Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner J.M Pathania said that relief and rescue teams were immediately rushed to the spot.

The entire tribal belt is experiencing heavy snowfall for the past three days and normal Life had been completely paralysed as all the highways and link roads were blocked due to snow and even pedestrian movement within tribal valleys has come to a halt.

The higher reaches in the state and mid hills including state capital Shimla are experiencing intermittent heavy snowfall since last night.

In Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, normal life has been completely paralyzed due to the heavy snowfall during the last twenty four hours.

Our Leh Correspondent reports that both aerial and surface connectivity in the region have been badly affected.

All the scheduled flights between Delhi, Jammu and Leh have been cancelled for the second consecutive day today.

Meanwhile, the 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been partially re-opened for traffic after improvement in weather conditions.

Our correspondent reports that the traffic authorities have decided to allow one way traffic on the highway and traffic has been allowed from Jammu to Srinagar today.

In Uttar Pradesh, the weather is cloudy in most of the eastern districts. People are experiencing shivering cold due to icy wind and rainfall during past 48 hours.

Our Gorakhpur correspondent reports that Gorakhpur, Basti, Azamgarh, Mahrajganj and Deoria districts have experienced mild showers during the period.

Overnight showers lashed several parts of the National Capital plunging mercury downward. The showers which started late night yesterday countinued this morning also.

According to the Met. department, the city has received 23.6 milimetre rainfall during the last 24 hours.