Kashmir Valley was cut off from the rest of the country on Sunday as fresh snowfall forced cancellation of all scheduled flights and blocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

Due to its closure, over 2200 vehicles are stranded at various places on the route, mostly Udhampur and Nagrota belts. Officials said, the snowfall started across the Valley including Srinagar late Saturday night and crippled normal life as most of the people preferred to remain indoors although the minimum temperature rose by several degrees providing much needed respite to people from extreme cold.

An official spokesman said moderate to heavy snowfall was recorded in the Valley, prompting the authorities to issue an avalanche warning in the higher reaches close to the Line of Control (LoC).