Uttarkashi avalanche UTTARKASHI, Oct 7: Ten more bodies were recovered from the site of an avalanche here, taking the death toll to 26, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said on Friday. Two Cheetah helicopters took off from the Army helipad in Harsil to join the search operations, officials said. The avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when a team of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was returning after summiting Draupadi Ka Danda II peak. Three […]
New Delhi, Oct 8 (EFE).- Indian authorities on Saturday said that the death toll from an avalanche, that buried mountaineering students and instructors earlier this week has risen to 26, while 3 people remain missing. “We have recovered 26 bodies in total, out of this, 7 bodies were recovered today. Three people remain missing,” said …
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Uttarakhand avalanche update: Aerial rescue operations can be resumed only after the weather improves, District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.
During a training expedition, sixteen climbers were murdered when a wall of snow collapsed in the Himalayas. Although 15 other people survived, finding further survivors proved difficult due to the poor weather.