Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

The Chinese state media was trapped by a snow storm near the east side of Mount Everest in Tibet, as it pumumates the an unusual violent snow and rainfall.

Since Sunday, CCTV had reached the small district of 350 trekkers Qtang, and the remaining 200 plus walkers had come into contact with.

Visitors to the Far Karma Valley, which led to the East Kangshung face of Everest, were hundreds of this week, taking advantage of an eight -day national daily holiday in China.
“It was very wet and cold in the mountains and hypothermia was a real risk,” Chen Geshuang said, a part of a 18 -person trekking team.

“This year the weather is not normal. The guide said he had never met such an atmosphere in October. And it was very sudden.” He said.

Snow, thunder and lightning

Snowfall in the valley, an average of 4,200 meters (13,800 feet) in height of the snowfall began on Friday evening and continued throughout Saturday. The CCTV will come to Qtang under the guidance and assistance of the rescuers organized by the Local Government, the remaining hikers. Chen’s party landed from the mountains on Sunday and was greeted by the villagers after a heavy snowfall with thunder and lightning. Chen with tears in his eyes accepted the promise of sweet tea offers and warmth.

“In the village, we had a dinner and finally we were hot.”

Hundreds of local peasants and rescue teams were deployed to help the abolition of access to the area where approximately 1,000 people were trapped, according to a previous report of state -backed Jimu News.

The northern face of Everest

The CCTV report did not say that local guides and support personnel of the trekking parties were not taken into account. It was also unclear whether Everest was affected by the northern side of Everest in Tibet.

The northern face of Everest attracts a large number of tourists regularly because of its easy access to the asphalt road. October is the most intense season where the sky is usually cleaned at the end of the Indian monsoon.

Local Tingri District Tourism Company’s official WeChat accounts according to the notifications, ticket sales and all Everest Scenic region was suspended from the end of Saturday.

In the south of Tibet in Nepal, heavy rains triggered the flashes of flashes that block roads, wash bridges and kill at least 47 people since Friday.

Thirty -five people died in separate landslides in the Eastern Ilam region surrounding India. After being sweeping by flood waters, nine people were reported to be missing and all three were killed in lightning strikes elsewhere in the country.