Srinagar: Two foreign tourists from Poland were killed and 19 more were rescued after a massive avalanche hit the Afarwat summit at the famous ski resort in north Kashmir Gulmarg on Wednesday.
Police said that the rescue operations are underway since the avalanche hit Afarwat peak today afternoon.
"Rescue ops at Gulmarg avalanche, Baramulla police teams along with others on job. So far 19 foreign nationals have been rescued successfully. Dead bodies of 2 foreign nationals recovered being shifted to hospital for medico legal procedure," police said.
This is the second deadliest avalanche in the Himalayan region; a woman and a teenage girl were killed on January 29 after they came under an avalanche in the Kargil district of Ladakh.
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