(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) thmandu April 18 - Two Nepali porters were killed and 12 others feared missing in an avalanche on Mount Everest authorities said Friday."We have rescued two people and we are still looking for 12 others who are missing" said the Secretary of the Tourism Ministry's Mountain Section Dipendra Poudel."We have recovered two bodies already. All of those caught in the avalanche were Nepali porters." Helicopters and Sherpa climbers were deployed for rescue work after the avalanche hit a section of Everest between camps one and two early Friday dpa reported.
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