Three persons were killed and 32 others injured when blizzard and storm swept through various parts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Saturday.
Abdul Rahim Nadroo and Ghulam Hassan Wani, residents of Baramulla and Handwara areas in north Kashmir respectively, were crushed to death under trees uprooted by a snowstorm on Friday night, a police spokesman said.
Tajuddin Ansari, a resident of Jharkhand working in Uri town of Baramulla district, was also killed during the blizzard, the spokesman said. Officials said according to initial reports received from across the valley, 32 people were injured in various incidents caused by high-speed wind. One cow was also killed when a tree fell over a shed in Kulgam district in south Kashmir, they said.
Large-scale damage was caused to properties as well with rooftops of more than 70 houses being blown off by the wind, the officials said. Damage to property was reported from various areas of the city as also from Uri, Kupwara, Anantnag, Kulgam and Budgam districts of the valley, they said.
Some houseboats in the Dal and Nigeen lakes also suffered major damages due to the high-speed wind and falling of trees, they said. 
The meteorological department here said the storm that had its origin in Pakistani Kashmir blew at the speed of 74 km per hour and continued for two hours with the same intensity.
The high-speed winds brought life to a standstill in the entire Kashmir valley and created panic.
The electricity and communication network in the valley was disrupted. Power development department (PDD) had to snap power supply as the winds uprooted trees and electric poles blocking many roads in the Srinagar city.
The city began returning to normalcy even though the PDD authorities cautioned that the power supply restoration would take some time.
“We are working on the war footing measures to restore electricity but I fear due to severe damage to electric poles and wires, the restoration work will take little over two or three days,” said Khwaja Nisar Chief Engineer PDD. “We are trying to immediately restore power to essential feeders supplying power to important installations including hospitals.”
On Friday evening, around 250 tourists enjoying boat rides in the world famous Dal lake were rescued after they got stranded in the lake due to strong winds.