Rescue of Everest underway after the storm traps of hundreds in Tibet camps
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A massive and sudden blizzard on the Tibetan slopes of Mont Everest trapped nearly 1,000 hikers in remote camps during the Chinese national holiday weekend, according to state media.
Reuters And Jimu News reported on Sunday that at least 350 people had hitherto reached security, while contact had been established with several hundred others still blocked in the snowy region.
The storm struck on Friday, throwing strong snow and the rain through the Himalayas, according to reports.
The worst conditions approached the face of the eastern Kangshung of Everest, in the Tibet Karma valley, where elevations on average more than 13,779 feet.
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The rescuers wear a Sherpa injured by an avalanche which flattened certain parts of the Everest base camp in 2015. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)
The snowfall continued on Saturday, blocking the roads and the trails and cutting access to several popular routes during the holidays of the national day of eight days in China.
China Central Television (CCTV) also said that the several hundred rescued hikers had been brought to the canton of Qudang under the direction of the local rescue teams.
Hundreds of others should reach the area in stages while the villagers and emergencies give off the deep snow of the mountain passes.
Jimu News, a point of sale supported by the state, estimated that nearly 1,000 people, including hikers, guides and local support staff, had been trapped when the Blizzard struck.
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The entrance to Everest National Park, Tibet and near the place where hikers are saved after a blizzard. (Tim Johnson / MCT / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Rescue efforts involved hundreds of local villagers and members of the Tibet Blue Sky rescue team, who said they received distress calls on tents and cases of collapsed hypothermia.
“It was so wet and cold in the mountains, and hypothermia was a real risk,” a real rhythm told Reuters, “a hike, Chen Geshuang, who was part of a trekking team of 18 people who went to Qudang.
“This year is not normal. The guide said he had never met such a time in October. And that happened too suddenly,” said Chen.
The Tibetan regional government would have organized coordinated research and rescue operations, sending heavy machines to reopen snow roads leading to affected campsites.
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Mount Qomolangma or Mount Everest in Tibet, where a blizzard has trapped up to 1,000 hikers. (Hu Guoheng / VCG via Getty Images)
The authorities suspended sales of tickets and closed the entrance to the picturesque Everest district on Saturday evening, according to the official WeChat account of the Tingri County Tourism Company.
It is not yet known whether hikers on the north face of Everest, also located in Tibet but more easily accessible by road, were affected by the same meteorological system.
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Extreme weather has also beat neighboring Nepal, where heavy rains have triggered landslides and sudden floods, killing at least 47 people since Friday.
Thirty-five people died in separate landslides in the district of eastern Ilam near the Indian border, while others remain disappeared after being swept away by flood waters, by Reuters.
Fox News Digital contacted the Tibetan central administration to comment.
