INDIA
Khalid Hussain | Dec 26, 2018, 06:34 PM IST
1.Lowest temperature recorded in past 11 years

Temperature in Leh was recorded -17.1, while in Kargil, it was -14.4, which is the lowest night temperature in December.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be no change in the weather for atleast a week. The people of Kashmir may have to face wrath of severe cold.
2.Temperature at Drass was -21.7C

The coldest place in Kashmir was the Drass, Kargil where temperature was -21.7C. The most touristy area like Gulmarg and Pahalgam, recorded temperature of -9.4 and -7.9 respectively.
3.Frozen water bodies

As the mercury slipped further below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas.
4.Frozen Dal lake

A man uses his oar to break ice to move his boat on the partially frozen interiors of Dal lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar December 26, 2018.
(REUTERS/Danish Ismail)
5.Severe cold wave has gripped the Kashmir valley

Kashmiri men walk past a partially frozen stream on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. A severe cold wave has gripped the Kashmir valley, with the region''s main Dal Lake and other water bodies seen partially frozen. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
6.Piece of ice from frozen interiors of Dal lake

A boy shows a piece of ice that he collected on the partially frozen interiors of Dal lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)