Five Army personnel, four of a family killed in Kashmir avalanches
Five army men were killed and four more went missing after an avalanche hit an army camp in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district of central Kashmir.
According to an official, five bodies have been recovered so far.
Four members of a family were buried alive when a massive avalanche struck a residential house at Badugam village of Gurez in Northern Kashmir.
During the past 48 hours Gurez valley and Razdan received heavy snowfall measuring four to six feet deep at places.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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