7 h. ago Mount Everest: Hundreds of hikers stranded in heavy snow after shock blizzard

Rescuers are racing to save 200 hikers stuck in a snowstorm on Everest

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9 h. ago Mount Everest hikers describe ‘extreme’ conditions as huge rescue effort continues

At least 200 people still stranded after unseasonally heavy snowfall during china’s Golden Week holidayTrekkers have described facing “extreme” conditions after an unseasonable snowstorm during one of China’s busiest holiday weekends stranded hundreds of people on Mount Everest, prompting a massive rescue effort.Chinese authorities said about 350 people had made their way down but at least 200 remained stranded at the Everest Scenic Area, to the east of the mountain, on the Tibetan side of the border. Continue reading...

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9 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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11 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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12 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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23 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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23 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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6 d. ago Indonesia school collapse: three dead and over 90 missing as rescue effort continues

Instability of building in East Java town hampers search but 99 boys and school staff known to have survivedParents were desperately searching for scores of missing teenage boys feared trapped under huge piles of concrete on Tuesday after a building at an Islamic boarding school collapsed in Indonesia.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing at Al Khoziny school after the collapse as pupils held late-afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

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