In Nepal, an avalanche covers a camp with climbers

In Nepal, an avalanche covered a camp with ten climbers. This was reported by the Shot Telegram channel.

According to the publication, the incident occurred on September 27 amid heavy snowfalls. The avalanche hit the base camp on the slope of Himlung Himala mountain in Manang district. Communication with the camp was lost. According to Shot, according to preliminary information, two of the missing were associated with the mountaineering company Imagine Nepal, and another eight were associated with the Himalayan Holidays company.

At the same time, some of the people who were in the camp managed to descend from the mountain after a warning about impending bad weather. According to the source, the search for the missing has not yet begun due to bad weather. Permission to fly the helicopter has not yet been received. Nepalese authorities have banned tourists from going to the mountains. It is not specified which countries the climbers caught in the avalanche were from.