KASHMIR, India, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Two avalanches killed at least 11 soldiers and left eight others missing at military camps in Indian-controlled Kashmir, authorities said.
The avalanches swept over a health resort at Sonamarg and Dawar, a town close to the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir on Wednesday, CNN reported.
"The first avalanche hit the Sonamarg camp, burying several army troopers. We rescued all but three," said Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, an Indian defense spokesman. "The bodies of two soldiers and an officer have been recovered."
The second incident at Dawar buried 29 soldiers alive.
"We safely rescued 13 troopers. Bodies of eight soldiers have also been recovered while a search for eight others is continuing," Brar said.
A harsher-than-normal winter in the region had led to an avalanche last month, killing seven men who were part of the Indian army and border security forces, CNN said.
