Kashmir's Cold Kills; Record Freeze Grips Pakistan; Depleting European Gas Reserves; + Michael Mann Ordered to Pay $530,820.21 In Long-Running Lawsuit
"A Disgrace To The Profession"
Kashmir's Cold Kills
Kashmir is enduring an unforgiving winter, with snow and biting cold bringing both beauty and hardship.
Night temperatures have plummeted to historic lows, with Srinagar recording -8.5C (-16.3F), the coldest December night in nearly a century, and Gulmarg enduring -13C (8.6F). In Shopian, nights have hovered around -10C (14F) for days.
The cold has proven deadly. On Sunday, five members of a family in Gingle, Uri, died of suffocation caused by using a gas heater to stay warm. Their deaths underscore the dangers of the freezing conditions, which have also frozen water pipes and knocked the power out to tens-of-thousands of homes.
"We’ve had frozen pipes for days," said Irshad Ahmad from Srinagar. "Modern PPR pipes are useless in this cold."
