Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes [View all]
Source: bbc
5 hours ago Laura BickerChina correspondent
Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.
Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams have been deployed to clear out snow blocking access to the area which sits at an altitude of more than 4,900 metres (16,000 feet).
According to local media about 350 people have been rescued and guided to safety to the small township of Qudang town, the Reuters news agency said.
Heavy snowfall began on Friday evening and has intensified on the eastern slopes of Mount ............
"The weather this year is not normal. The guide said he had ever encountered such weather in October. And it happened all too suddenly.".............................
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Hoping they will all make it to safety.
Watch: Video captures hikers wading through snow near Mount Everest
@Reuters
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet were guided to safety by rescuers, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas https://reut.rs/4pTvibU
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