Three Indian Army jawans have been killed after an avalanche hit their post in Tangdhar, an area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district. Their bodies have been recovered.

A fourth soldier who manned the post has been rescued.

A soldier was killed in another avalanche in the Gurez area; a few others are still misiing.

A number of Army personnel have been killed in avalanches in recent weeks.

Two Army personnel were killed Saturday when one hit their patrol in the southern Siacher glacier, located in Ladakh.

It was the second avalanche in Siachen in two weeks: four Indian Army personnel and two civilian porters had been killed in one on November 18, in the northern part of the glacier.

Avalanches and landslides are common at the glacier during winters, with temperatures often dropping to minus 60 degrees Celsius.

Inputs from PTI