Jammu Tawi, Feb. 28 -- The ongoing wet spell in the Kashmir Valley due to a "mega" western disturbance has brought a major relief for Jammu and Kashmir residents, bringing down the rainfall deficit from 80 per cent to 42 per cent, officials said on Friday.

According to the local weather office, the Valley witnessed above-normal precipitation between February 26 and 28.

"While the normal precipitation for the period would have been 15.5 mm, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed 78.4 mm precipitation which is 407 per cent above the normal," a weather department official said.

"The current wet spell has brought the deficit down from 80 per cent to nearly 42 per cent," he said.

Udhampur in the Jammu region received 1,891 per cent above-normal p...