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Hikers feared being buried by snow as blizzard hit Mount Everest

Hundreds of hikers are still trapped more than 4,900 metres up the slope of Mount Everest after a sudden blizzard hit the mountain’s face. Unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas ...
The New York Times

Mount Everest Just Recorded Some of Its Most Intense Snowfall Ever

A storm buried tents and stranded people on the mountain last weekend. Some experts think it might have set a record. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times. The ...
PBS

Heavy snow traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a ...
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Hundreds still trapped on Mount Everest as rescuers battle heavy snow

At least one hiker died as rescuers raced against time to evacuate more than 200 others stranded at Mount Everest’s eastern face after being trapped by a heavy snowstorm during China's most popular ...