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Avalanche in Nepal

Agencies Published September 25, 2012
French mountain guide from Chamonix, R?my L?cluse who is still missing. ? Photo by AFP
French mountain guide from Chamonix, R?my L?cluse who is still missing. ? Photo by AFP
French vice-president of the mountain guides unions (SNGM) Christian Trommsdorff (L) speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2012 in Chamonix, French Alps. ? Photo by AFP
French vice-president of the mountain guides unions (SNGM) Christian Trommsdorff (L) speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2012 in Chamonix, French Alps. ? Photo by AFP
An injured victim, center is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, Sunday. ? Photo by AP
An injured victim, center is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, Sunday. ? Photo by AP
Bodies of foreign tourists recovered from the avalanche at Mount Manaslu are kept at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. ? Photo by Reuters
Bodies of foreign tourists recovered from the avalanche at Mount Manaslu are kept at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. ? Photo by Reuters
French tourists sit inside an ambulance after being rescued. ? Photo by Reuters
French tourists sit inside an ambulance after being rescued. ? Photo by Reuters
An ambulance carrying victims of an avalanche at Mount Manaslu, airlifted from the Base Camp, heads for the hospital in Kathmandu. ? Photo by Reuters
An ambulance carrying victims of an avalanche at Mount Manaslu, airlifted from the Base Camp, heads for the hospital in Kathmandu. ? Photo by Reuters
Italians, Silvio Mondinelli, right and Christian Gobbi, survivors of Sunday's avalanche at Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, read a newspaper. ? Photo by AP
Italians, Silvio Mondinelli, right and Christian Gobbi, survivors of Sunday's avalanche at Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, read a newspaper. ? Photo by AP
Rescuers and climbers prepare survivors for evacuation. ? Photo by AP
Rescuers and climbers prepare survivors for evacuation. ? Photo by AP
Rescuers search for survivors and victims. ? Photo by AP
Rescuers search for survivors and victims. ? Photo by AP
An injured victim of an avalanche is carried to a helicopter after being rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu. ? Photo by AP
An injured victim of an avalanche is carried to a helicopter after being rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu. ? Photo by AP
An unidentified rescuer speaks to an unidentified survivor in the debris field of the avalanche. ? Photo by AP
An unidentified rescuer speaks to an unidentified survivor in the debris field of the avalanche. ? Photo by AP
A helicopter lifts off carrying the survivors. ? Photo by AP
A helicopter lifts off carrying the survivors. ? Photo by AP

An avalanche swept away climbers and their camps on the world's eighth highest mountain in northwestern Nepal on Sunday, killing at least nine climbers, with another four missing, police said.

Five climbers were rescued. Police inspector Basant Mishra said the bodies of a German climber and a Nepali guide were recovered from the snow on the 8,163-metre (26,781-foot) Mount Manaslu, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Kathmandu.

Survivors said the scene resembled a war zone, with the entire camp destroyed by the wall of snow.

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