US EditionAvalanche on Nepal mountain Yalung Ri kills 7 including foreign climbers
- On Monday, officials in Nepal said an avalanche hit the base camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Dolakha district, killing three climbers and leaving eight missing.
- Cyclone Montha brought heavy rain and snowfall across Nepal last week, stranding trekkers as adverse weather in the Rolwaling valley preceded the avalanche.
- With helicopters grounded, ground search-and-rescue teams reached the site on foot while four injured climbers were evacuated to a nearby village.
- Teams from the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and district police mobilised for search-and-rescue, and officials plan to continue operations with another aircraft attempt Tuesday morning.
- Mount Yalung Ri, a beginner peak at 18,370 feet, shows how even smaller Himalayan mountains in Nepal become deadly in severe weather.
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Rescuers who are carrying out relief work in the Nepali Himalaya area, where an avalanche left seven dead.
They wanted to climb the Yalung Ri in Nepal, but then an avalanche hit their base camp: seven climbers were killed in the Himalayas. Rescue work at almost 5,000 metres altitude is difficult.
At least seven climbers, including five foreigners and two Nepalis, have died after being hit by an avalanche on a Himalayan peak in northeastern Nepal, expedition agency Seven Summit Treks said. According to foreign media, the incident occurred at 09:00 local time on Monday near the base camp of Mount Yalung Ri in Dolakha district. Rescue teams found two bodies and are still searching for the other five, who are believed to have been "buried" b…
Three killed, four missing in Nepal avalanche
NEW DELHI: An avalanche at a mountain base camp in eastern Nepal has killed at least three people and left four foreign climbers missing, a local official told AFP on Monday (Nov 3).The avalanche hit a group of 12 people on the 5,630m Yalung Ri peak on Monday morning, said Gyan Kumar Mahato, a senior police o
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