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Avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Himlung kills 4 guides; floods leave 21 dead
An avalanche struck the base camp area of Mount Himlung in Nepal’s Manang district, killing at least four Nepali mountain guides and leaving 12 missing, while floods and landslides have killed at least 21 people across the country since Thursday.
Ally Daily Editorial DeskUpdated:
An avalanche hit the base camp area of Mount Himlung, a 7,126-meter (23,380-foot) peak in north-central Nepal’s Manang district, on Sunday morning, killing at least four people and leaving 12 missing, according to the Associated Press. All of the victims were Nepali mountain guides preparing for foreign clients ahead of the autumn climbing season. Ten others were rescued by helicopter.
Footage from the region shows villagers running to safety as a thick cloud of dust rises from the mountainside during a landslide. The village where it was filmed could not be independently verified.
The avalanche came as days of torrential rain triggered floods and landslides across Nepal, killing at least 21 people and leaving five missing since Thursday, AP reported. The Narayani River at Devghat rose to 9.23 meters, above its 9-meter danger mark, and about 1,000 people were evacuated in Butwal after the Tinau River swept away six houses, the Kathmandu Post reported.
Footage carried by Indian media showed a large section of mountainside near Lete in the Mustang region collapsing into the Kali Gandaki River within seconds, briefly blocking its flow. The disaster comes just a month after late-August floods in Nepal killed more than 1,400 people.
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