Over 350 hikers escape Blizzard-Hit Everest, hundreds still blocked | News from Everest

The rescued hikers reach the canton of Qudang in China while 200 others are still faced with dangerous Everest conditions while waiting for help.

The rescuers guided more than 350 people to security after being blocked by Blizzard conditions on the Tibetan side of Mont Everest, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

In total, more than 500 people were taken by surprise when snow and unusually heavy precipitation attacked them on the way in the Tingri region of Tibet, one of the main tracks to climb the highest mountain in the world.

People saved on Sunday were taken to the little canton of Qudang, on the Tibetan side of the summit, video surveillance reported.

Some 200 hikers who remained blocked in perfidious conditions on Sunday were to arrive in Qudang by stages under the direction and help of rescuers organized by the local government, video surveillance reported.

The video surveillance report did not indicate whether the local guides and the support staff accompanying the trekking parts had been recorded. Nor did he know if the hikers near the north face of Everest, also in Tibet, had been affected or not.

Strong snowfall in the valley, which are at an altitude with an average of 4,200 meters (13,800 feet), started on Friday evening and persisted throughout Saturday.

Ticket sales and entry into the whole picturesque area of ​​Everest were suspended from Saturday late Saturday, according to the advice on the official WeChat accounts of the County Tourism Society of Tingri.

“It was so wet and cold in the mountains, and hypothermia was a real risk,” said 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,” Chen told the Reuters news agency.

In neighboring Nepal, Sherpa communities have adapted to increasingly unpredictable conditions, because climate change contributes to more frequent and dramatic climate change in Himalayas, posing risks to climbers and Sherpa communities that work there.

In an update of the situation shared on Sunday, Nepal’s Tourism Board said that research and rescue operations were underway after the weather “improved considerably” in Nepal, with “a clear sky in Kathmandu and many other parts of Nepal”.

The update has occurred after heavy rains sparked landslides and sudden floods across Nepal, killing at least 47 people since Friday.

Thirty-five people died in separate landslides in the eastern district of Ilam bordering India. Nine people were missing after being swept away by flood waters, and three others were killed in love at first sight in the country.

Floods and landslides in the mountainous regions are involved while the countries of South Asia continue to fight against current floods, especially in Pakistan, where four million people have been affected.