Avalanche sweeps Nepal mountain, killing 2 and leaving 12 missing
Rescuers are searching for missing Nepali guides and kitchen staff as severe weather and buried tents have slowed helicopter access.
- On Sunday, September 27, 2026, an avalanche swept Mount Himlung in north-central Nepal, killing at least two people and leaving 12 others missing, officials said.
- Heavy rain and snowfall have impacted the region since Thursday, triggering the avalanche. Manang District authorities restricted trekking in high-altitude areas from September 25 to 27 due to deteriorating weather conditions.
- The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association confirmed all victims were Nepali nationals, including two climbing guides found deceased and 14 kitchen staff remaining missing after the avalanche buried base camp tents.
- Rescuers airlifted two bodies and 10 survivors to a nearby town by helicopter. Manang District administrator Mukti Prasad Khanal said search efforts for the remaining missing would resume at first light Monday.
- This avalanche compounds risks for Nepal's vital tourism sector, which is still recovering from August flooding that killed more than 1,400 people and left nearly 6,000 missing.
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Rescue teams resumed search on Mount Himlung, amid adverse weather conditions; the storm also hit India, where floods left at least 62 dead
In the Nepalese Himalayas, an avalanche struck a camp, carrying away more than a dozen people. Authorities found four bodies, but the search continues. Dangerous weather complicates the search.
Taking advantage of a brief truce of the storm, specialized rescuers track the slopes of Mount Himlung after a powerful avalanche that buried the tents of a base camp Read
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Rescue teams in Nepal search for 12 missing after avalanche kills 4
Rescue teams are searching for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche on a Nepalese mountain. The avalanche killed at least four people. Rescuers from the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association said they recovered two more bodies on Monday…
Kathmandu, Sep 28 (EFE).- At least four people have died and another 12 remain missing in Nepal after an avalanche that buried the base camp of the Himlung peak on Sunday, near the border with Tibet, as reported this Monday by Nepali mountaineering authorities. The general secretary of the Mountaineering Association of Nepal [...] The entry At least 4 dead and 12 missing in Nepal after an avalanche at the base of the Himlung peak was first publi…
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