Ch Insp Tim Mairs said that some rescuers had walkedformiles through heavy snow, facing "possibly 12 to 18ft drifts of snow" in some places, to reach housebound people.
Komen For The Cure for forgetting their mission and the reason so many people have financially supported their efforts and walked so many miles in support.
For the next couple of hours, Tarannum walked the narrow lanes of Nighasan village - 150km (100 miles) from the state capital, Lucknow - calling out Sonam's name and asking the neighbours if they had seen the girl.