Srinagar, March 14 -- The wet weather conditions intensified on the fourth day of intermittent precipitation in Kashmir with heavy rainfall in many parts of the Himalayan valley.

The bad weather prompted authorities to close schools for three days in the remote Gurez valley of Bandipora in north Kashmir owing to heavy snowfall and the threats of avalanches.

There was heavy rainfall in many parts of the Kashmir valley during the night and morning hours. In the summer capital Srinagar heavy rains lashed around pre-dawn hours.

In north Kashmir, the heavy rainfall continued till the afternoon.

The meteorological centre in Srinagar said that Srinagar recorded a rainfall of 10.6 mm followed by 9.1 mm in northern district of Kupwara and 5.8 ...