8 h. ago Mount Everest rescue live: Race against time to save 200 hikers stuck in snowstorm

Some 350 others have been led to safety by rescuers

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9 h. ago Mount Everest rescue: Race against time to save 200 hikers after snowstorm

Hundreds of hikers remain stranded on Mount Everest, the highest peak on the world, after the storm swept across the Himalayas and sparked landslides and floods on the Nepalese side

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10 h. ago Desperate hunt for hikers caught in snowstorm on Mount Everest

Heavy snow trapped hundreds trekking in the Tibetan valley leading to Mount Everest's eastern face over the weekend

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12 h. ago Hundreds rescued after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 trekkers on Mount Everest

Heavy snowfall also forced ticket sales and entry to Everest Scenic Area to be suspended from late Saturday

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21 h. ago Mount Everest rescue operation underway after snowstorm traps almost 1,000 hikers

The heavy snowfall also forced ticket sales and entry to the Everest Scenic Area to be suspended from late Saturday

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21 h. ago Mount Everest rescue under way after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 people

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by rescuersRescue efforts are under way on Mount Everest after a snowstorm trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of the mountain in Tibet were guided to safety by rescuers on Sunday, as unusually heavy precipitation including rain pummelled the Himalayas. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Mount Everest snowstorm traps almost 1,000 people as rescuers race to camps

Nearly 1,000 people are believed to be stranded on the Tibetan side's eastern slopes of Mount Everest following heavy snowfall this weekend. A rescue operation is underway

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22 h. ago Hundreds of people are stranded on Mount Everest after massive snowstorm as rescuers race to save hikers

People's tents are said to have been crushed, with some climbers suffering from hypothermia due to the freezing conditions.

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22 h. ago Rescue efforts underway as nearly 1,000 trapped on Mount Everest slopes

As of Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, while contact with the remaining 200-plus trekkers had been made

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2 d. ago Desperate hunt for missing Brit, 71, who vanished on hike to croc

Tourist Elaine McSorley, 71, was staying at a hotel in Mkhuze in South Africa’s KwaZulu Province with her husband Leon, 81, when the pair decided to go for a walk to search for wildlife

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6 d. ago Five unanswered questions in desperate hunt for missing mum, 27, who vanished after getting into taxi in early hours

MYSTERY has surrounded the disappearance of a missing mum who vanished a week ago. Paige Kelly, 27, was last seen getting into a taxi in the early hours of the morning on September 24. The mum-of-one, who lives in Leigh, Manchester, but has links to Warrington, has been reported missing to police. Her desperate family...

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9 d. ago Boy, 12, vanishes in UK city centre sparking desperate search as cops release CCTV of last sighting

COPS have released CCTV footage in the desperate hunt for a 12-year-old boy who vanished in a city centre. Blake, from Llanharan in Wales, was reported missing today, said South Wales Police. Blake was last seen this morning in Cardiff city centre around 8.40am, cops said. Cops described the youngster as around 4ft6. The schoolboy...

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A hiker was killed in northern Greece this summer after he fell down a ravine while being charged at by a bear. 

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'Let's go!' Elizaveta Gushchina screamed before falling 290ft from the top of an abandoned boiler tower near the Russian city of St Petersburg.

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It was a must-have last year and shoppers already have their eye on this year's batch

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A police office was shot and seriously injured in the attempt to arrest fugitive Tom Phillips

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Prior to the pandemic, Manchester Airport was named the best airport in the UK six times on the trot in a prestigious industry awards ceremony.

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