Kathmandu
Reuters
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Three climbers, together with a international nationwide, had been killed and eight others had been missing after an avalanche hit a climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak in Nepal, police mentioned on Monday.
Among these missing on Yalung Ri Himal mountain, which rises to five,630 meters (18,470 ft) in the Dolakha district northeast of Kathmandu, had been 5 international nationals, police official Gyan Kumar Mahato instructed Reuters. The nationalities of the lifeless or the missing foreigners weren’t instantly recognized.
Four injured climbers had been evacuated to a close-by village and a seek for the missing climbers, together with by helicopter, was persevering with, Mahato mentioned.
“We have also dispatched ground search-and-rescue teams from the army and police and are awaiting (developments).”
Yalung Ri is situated in the Rolwaling Valley of northeastern Nepal and climbers there encounter a mixture of rock, ice and snow.
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