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Freak Snow Hits Northern India, Killing Livestock

A freak May snowstorm has slammed the upper reaches of Kashmir, blanketing highland pastures in fresh snow, killing livestock, destroying crops, and throwing seasonal migration into chaos.

From Margan to Gurez, Peer ki Gali to Aharbal, nomadic herders were caught mid-ascent as snow buried trails, tents, and maize fields. Lambs froze overnight. Entire herds stalled. Families, hardened by winter, are now facing its unwelcome return.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” said Bashir Ahmad, a Gujjar herder. “We were moving up. Then it snowed. And kept snowing. We lost ten lambs.”