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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
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•     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

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At 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.
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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.公仔箱論壇2 I& @# l( I4 S5 o; D0 h  A3 k/ ~5 n
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/ i. u0 Q2 k$ W" I- b% s0 c. ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: 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# J  n% Z7 \, A
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% c, }* @8 t7 f2 kEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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: m5 i, E7 v( h6 d/ S: s- T公仔箱論壇Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.5.39.217.76, g4 w& I; }4 I" b

# K- q4 N0 E% V8 X1 r; k7 K+ M; Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTenother 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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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.2 l, Q" {# I" [# z* f1 Y

' m# r( Q2 @# P2 ]) I, i5.39.217.76Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 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。5 U, U' W! R" ~( b/ u

3 S+ h, u" m# ~" {) E" P( D; Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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! n& _7 M8 c* [! U  i5.39.217.76Airlifted: 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ X# x" x/ S" k* r9 y* e& Y+ i$ X
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.* [- M0 n: b+ ?. E
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal