Srinagar, Oct. 8 -- Fresh snowfall across the Kashmir hills has caused temperatures to plunge, with some areas like Gulmarg in J&K and Zojila in Ladakh seeing their first sub-zero temperatures of the season. The snowfall and heavy rainfall have also led to the closure of major highways, including the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, due to landslides and other weather-related hazards, officials said on Tuesday.

The meteorological centre in Srinagar reported that the snowfall continued overnight after the season's first snow was recorded in higher reaches on Monday. There was moderate to heavy rainfall in the plains of Jammu and Kashmir.

MeT director Mukhtar Ahmad said: "The Union territory witnessed heavy rainfall in Jammu division whil...