Snowstorm traps 1000 people on slopes of Mount Everest

According to the Chinese state media, efforts to rescue the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest, where a snow storm imprisoned about 1000 people in the camp sites on the east side of the mountain continues.

Hundreds of local peasants and rescue teams were deployed to block the profit that cleanses the transfer to a high height of a higher than 4,900 meters (16,000 feet).

Chinese media, some tourists have already been saved, he said.

On Friday evening, severe snow began and concentrated on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet, a popular area among climbers and hikers.

The Chinese State Media received a call for help Tibet’s Blue Sky Rescue team, that the tents collapsed due to severe snow and some hikers already suffered from hypothermia.

According to the Reuters news agency, Tingri District Tourism Company suspended ticket sales and entrance to Everest Scenic region as of Saturday.

The neighboring Nepal is currently being beaten by heavy rains, which triggered flash floods that wash bridges and kill at least 47 people in the last two days.

In China, Typhoon Matmo landed and forced to evacuate about 150,000 people from their homes.

Mount Everest is the highest peak of more than 8,849 million in the world. Although many people try to climb to the summit every year, they are considered an incredibly dangerous walk.

In recent years, overcrowded concerns have been dealing with, Environmental concerns and a series Deadly climbing attempts.