Four injured climbers were airlifted to safety while rescue teams and helicopters searched for the missing.
Two climbers walking on the Himalayan region of Nepal. PHOTO: PEXELS
Three climbers, including a foreign national, were killed and eight others were missing after an avalanche hit a climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak in Nepal, police said Monday.
Among those missing on Yalung Ri Himal mountain – which rises to 5,630 meters (18,470 feet) in Dolakha district, northeast of Kathmandu – were five foreign nationals, police official Gyan Kumar Mahato told Reuters.
The nationalities of the deceased and missing climbers were not immediately known.
Four injured climbers were evacuated to a nearby village, while a search operation for the missing, including a helicopter mission, was underway, Mahato said.
“We have also dispatched ground search and rescue teams from the army and police and are awaiting further developments,” he added.
Yalung Ri is located in the Rolwaling Valley of northeastern Nepal, where climbers encounter a difficult mix of rock, ice and snow.
