Rains, snowfall to intensify in coming days’: Weatherman issues ‘orange alert’ in Kashmir

The orange alert, though a less severe warning than ‘Red’, is meant to alert the authorities to be prepared for severe weather.

The alert comes a day after the weatherman issued an advisory for rains and snowfall in J&K till January 9 with the weather system likely to cause disruption of surface traffic and trigger snow avalanche in vulnerable higher reaches