Three climbers have died and eight others are missing after an avalanche hit a climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak in Nepal. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the police, writes UNN.
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Among the missing on Mount Yalung-Ri Himal, which rises 5,630 meters in Dolakha district northeast of Kathmandu, were five foreign nationals, police official Gyan Kumar Mahato said. The nationality of the dead or missing foreigners was not immediately known.
According to Mahato, four injured climbers were evacuated to a nearby village, and the search for the missing climbers, including with the help of a helicopter, is ongoing.
We have also sent ground search and rescue teams from the army and police and are awaiting developments
Yalung-Ri is located in the Rolwaling Valley in northeastern Nepal, and climbers there face constant danger from the ice and snow that cover the rock.
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