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September 25, 2012, Tuesday
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RESCUE helicopters flew over the high slopes of a northern Nepal peak yesterday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at least nine mountaineers and injured others. Many of the climbers were French, German and Italian.
The avalanche hit around 4am on Sunday while more than two dozen climbers were sleeping in their tents on the world's eighth-tallest peak, Mount Manaslu, said Dolraj Dhakal, government administrator in the area. He said there were no warning signs and could not say its size.
Rescuers brought down eight bodies by midday yesterday and were trying to retrieve the ninth from the 7,000-meter area where the avalanche struck, police Chief Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said. Four helicopters were searching by air and climbers and guides were searching the slopes on foot.
At least six more climbers were believed to be still missing. Kuwar said the identities of the climbers killed and missing were still unclear.
The French Foreign Ministry said four French climbers were among the dead and two others were missing. Three French climbers were pulled from the snow and taken by helicopter to a hospital in Katmandu, it said.
Spain's Foreign Ministry said one Spanish climber was killed.
Ten climbers survived, but many of them were injured and were flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters. Two Germans were transported to hospitals in Katmandu on Sunday, and two Italians were flown there yesterday.
Italian, German and French teams were on the mountain, with a total of 231 climbers and guides, but not all were at the higher camps hit by the avalanche.
Sunday's avalanche came at the start of Nepal's autumn climbing season, when the end of the monsoon rains makes weather unpredictable.
The avalanche hit around 4am on Sunday while more than two dozen climbers were sleeping in their tents on the world's eighth-tallest peak, Mount Manaslu, said Dolraj Dhakal, government administrator in the area. He said there were no warning signs and could not say its size.
Rescuers brought down eight bodies by midday yesterday and were trying to retrieve the ninth from the 7,000-meter area where the avalanche struck, police Chief Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said. Four helicopters were searching by air and climbers and guides were searching the slopes on foot.
At least six more climbers were believed to be still missing. Kuwar said the identities of the climbers killed and missing were still unclear.
The French Foreign Ministry said four French climbers were among the dead and two others were missing. Three French climbers were pulled from the snow and taken by helicopter to a hospital in Katmandu, it said.
Spain's Foreign Ministry said one Spanish climber was killed.
Ten climbers survived, but many of them were injured and were flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters. Two Germans were transported to hospitals in Katmandu on Sunday, and two Italians were flown there yesterday.
Italian, German and French teams were on the mountain, with a total of 231 climbers and guides, but not all were at the higher camps hit by the avalanche.
Sunday's avalanche came at the start of Nepal's autumn climbing season, when the end of the monsoon rains makes weather unpredictable.
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