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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Two separate accidents resulted in the deaths of seven Europeans and two Nepalese in expeditions to the Himalayas.
Seven climbers, including a German, died in an avalanche accident in Nepal.
Rescuers in Nepal searching for bodies of seven climbers killed in Mount Yalung Ri avalanche
A French climber has said she was "lucky" to survive an avalanche in which her husband died, as rescue teams work to recover the bodies of seven people killed in the Himalayas on Monday morning.
A snow avalanche in the Himalayas hit a base camp at a height of 5630 metres. Seven climbers were killed, among them probably a German.
Under a Himalayan peak in northeastern Nepal, seven climbers died in a snow avalanche. Among the dead are five foreigners - two Italians, a Canadian, a German, a Frenchman - and two Nepalese. Rescuers have only found two bodies so far, but the rest could be located several meters under the snow. Separately, there is also a rescue operation of two Italian climbers who, with three local guides, are stuck on Mount Panbari.
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