(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The bodies of 24 trekkers had been found on the popular Annapurna circuit.In this handout photograph released by the Nepal Army on October 15 2014 an injured survivor of a snow storm is assisted by army personel into a Nepalese Army helicopter in Manang District along the Annapurna Circuit Trek.AFP
Kathmandu — The toll from snowstorms and avalanches in Nepal’s Himalayas climbed to 29 foreign and local trekkers and mountaineers dead or presumed dead officials said on Thursday.
Local officials said the bodies of 24 trekkers had been found on the popular Annapurna circuit while five more mountaineers who were in an area hit by an avalanche could not be found and were presumed dead.
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