Nine climbers dead in Himalayas avalance as it hits French and German team as they prepared to reach mountain summit with a further four people missing and five injured公仔箱論壇 T$ r& N4 K$ M; R& p5 q
- Disaster happened on Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal
- Nepalese guide understood to be among the dead
- Injured were airlifted to safety by helicopter
By Rob Preece
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) `" r: E, V( Z6 F- A0 XAt least nine climbers were killed today and another six were reported missing after they were hit by an avalanche on the world's eighth-highest mountain.公仔箱論壇: v7 y2 O0 X Y5 z
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The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 a& t/ X2 m% K+ J
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' Z3 r: d9 q5 EShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people公仔箱論壇" S! g1 [( x3 T% T7 H2 \
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, i: V. h4 V$ e2 gEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche# l1 d% X: ^2 S
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.
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3 F/ Y1 Z2 y7 F) \* Q5 ^9 A公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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# P' I; P9 V! H: F5 G7 hHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 E% B+ ?" X, W0 g$ \* a8 K
: D, C( {/ T t: VTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.4 ]+ ?/ y+ n# x1 X/ d' J2 _/ S
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
3 S' m% p- s3 o+ {6 A: o+ cThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
" ~+ e- V$ L t2 r* r! w* wIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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% K9 I+ E" r$ c' K# p: rSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |