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{{Short description|Weather event in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox storm
| name = January 2017 North India cold wave
| image = North India Zonal Map 14July2013.png
| caption = North India zonal map
| pressure =
| lowest temperature = {{convert|-12.4|C|F|abbr=on}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/cold-wave-intensifies-in-kashmir-gulmarg-coldest-at-minus-12-4-4466033/|title= Gulmarg cold|work= [[The Indian Express]]| agency= [[Press Trust of India]] |date=9 January 2017}}</ref>
| date formed = 3 January 2017
| maximum amount =
| casualties = At least 16 in North India due to cold weather, another 25 due to avalanches in Kashmir<ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-deadly-kashmir-avalanches-rises-25-135423675.html|title= Death toll rises to 25| agency= [[Agence France-Presse]] |date= 30 January 2017| access-date= February 2, 2017}}</ref>
| stormtype = [[Cold wave]], [[avalanche]]s, [[rainfall]], [[snowfall]]
| areas affected = [[North India]], [[Kashmir Valley]]
}}
[[North India]] was devastated by a [[cold wave]] during the month of January 2017. This occurrence had a severe effect on several North Indian [[States of India|states]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/light-rain-fog-likely-this-weekend/articleshow/56432412.cms|title=North India, under cold wave|work=[[The Times of India]]| date= 10 January 2017}}</ref> including [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/cold-wave-to-aggravate-in-next-few-days/articleshow/56396997.cms|title= Cold wave intensifies in North India|work= The Times of India|date= 8 January 2017| access-date= February 2, 2017}}</ref> and [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The lowest temperature in [[Gulmarg]] due to the cold wave was recorded at {{convert|-12.4|C|F|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/cold-wave-intensifies-in-kashmir-gulmarg-coldest-at-minus-12-4-4466033/|title= Kashmir gets snow fall|work= The Indian Express| agency= Press Trust of India |date= 9 January 2016}}</ref> The banks of [[Dal Lake]] in [[Srinagar]] froze. [[Keylong]] of Himachal Pradesh and [[Kargil]] of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed low temperatures of {{convert|-13.9|C|F|abbr=on}}.

Several army camps in [[Kashmir]] bound sectors were damaged and many people died in avalanches in Kashmir districts near the [[Line of Control]] during the last few days of January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/two-avalanches-hit-gurez-sector-in-jk-6-soldiers-killed-several-missing-army/articleshow/56793885.cms|title= Avalanches hit Kashmir|work= The Times of India|date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

== Effect==
The minimum temperatures in some parts of North Indian states fell below freezing, with rainfall and [[snowfall]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Parts of [[Gujarat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/cold-wave-grips-n-gujarat-abu-freezes-at-2c/articleshow/56505428.cms|title= North Gujarat, under cold wave|work=The Times of India|date=13 January 2017}}</ref> and [[Madhya Pradesh]] were<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/mercury-freefall-bhopal-and-indore-continue-to-shiver/articleshow/56529867.cms|title= Central India, feels cold wave|work= The Times of India|date= 13 January 2017}}</ref> affected by the cold wave, with a fall in temperatures at night. Due to intense [[fog]] and lack of visibility, several trains running through North India were delayed and rescheduled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/cold-wave-intensifies-in-north-india-train-services-affected/|title= Cold wave effects train schedules|work= The Indian Express| date=13 January 2017}}</ref> Seven people in [[Shimla]] lost their lives due to the cold wave.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/7-die-in-shimla-as-much-of-north-india-sees-seasons-lowest-temperature/articleshow/56486985.cms|title= Cold wave affecting life|work= The Times of India|date=12 January 2017}}</ref> Nine people died in parts of [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chill-grips-north-india-mercury-continues-to-dip/story-9dty3FyGxY8JsGiKoYRT3M.html|title= Deaths in North India, due to cold wave|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date= 14 January 2017}}</ref> capital [[Lucknow]] where the temperature fell to {{convert|0.1|C|F|abbr=on}}. Three people died due to fog related accidents in North India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/three-killed-in-fog-related-accidents-fresh-snow-in-himachal-pradesh-and-uttarakhand-3184432.html|title= Fog accidents|publisher= [[Firstpost|First Post]]|date= 2 January 2017}}</ref>

India's capital [[New Delhi]] witnessed minimum temperatures of {{convert|3.4|C|F|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-continues-to-freeze-temperature-falls-to-5-year-low-on-thursday-morning/story-P8YqN0X0bK47kZb2VDybIJ.html|title= Delhi cold |work= Hindustan Times |date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> Several schools of [[Noida]] and [[Delhi]] were closed, due to the severity of the [[cold wave]]. The [[western disturbances]] which creates an upper air [[cyclonic]] circulation over Jammu and Kashmir caused rainfall in [[Chandigarh]], which was recorded by [[India Meteorological Department]] as the heaviest rainfall in Chandigarh in the last 22 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/65-mm-rain-in-24-hours-22-year-record-drowns-in-chandigarh/story-M7sqL7YD6kl2ReErVOkoIJ.html|title= Chandigarh received heaviest rainfall|work=Hindustan Times|date= 8 January 2017}}</ref>

=== Kashmir avalanches ===
[[File:India Jammu and Kashmir location map UN view.svg|thumb|right|India Jammu and Kashmir location map, UN view]]
Five people including an army officer, died in an [[2017 Gurez sector avalanche|avalanche]] in [[Kashmir]]. Four members of a family were killed in avalanches in the [[Ganderbal]] and [[Bandipora]] districts of Kashmir. One army officer died due to an avalanche on an army camp at [[Sonamarg]].
Fifteen Indian soldiers died and several soldiers went missing due to three avalanches that hit the [[Gurez]] and [[Kupwara]] Sectors of Kashmir, Bandipora district near the [[Line of Control]] on 26 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-officer-dead-after-avalanche-hits-army-camp-in-kashmir-say-police/story-VVIN6fpXAcozsjJFHW5iNK.html|title= Indian soldiers died in Kashmir avalanches|work=Hindustan Times|date=26 January 2017}}</ref>

A rescue team operated immediately to search for missing soldiers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/five-soldiers-missing-after-hit-by-avalanche-in-kupwara/articleshow/56829711.cms|title= Rescue operations to search missing|work= The Times of India|date=28 January 2017}}</ref> and helped the civilians evacuate from snowfall and avalanche-prone villages of Gurez to safer areas. The rescue operations by [[Indian Army]], saved five army personnel trapped under snow by the avalanche that had hit the Army post in [[Kupwara]] district. All five later succumbed to their injuries while recuperating in hospitals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/five-soldiers-in-machil-succumb-to-injuries/articleshow/56872775.cms|title= Rescued soldiers die due to injuries|work= The Times of India|date= 30 January 2017}}</ref> Three corpses of victims were retrieved during the rescue operations in the [[Gurez]] sector.

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