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| Uttarakhand avalanche: At least four dead and dozens missing in Indian Himalayas | Uttarakhand avalanche: At least four dead and dozens missing in Indian Himalayas |
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| The disaster happened high in mountains in Uttarakhand state | The disaster happened high in mountains in Uttarakhand state |
| At least four people have been killed and dozens are missing after an avalanche struck a team of mountaineers high in the Indian Himalayas. | At least four people have been killed and dozens are missing after an avalanche struck a team of mountaineers high in the Indian Himalayas. |
| The 34 trainees and seven instructors were practising navigation when they were hit on their descent from a peak in the northern state of Uttarakhand. | The 34 trainees and seven instructors were practising navigation when they were hit on their descent from a peak in the northern state of Uttarakhand. |
| Eight of the party are believed to have been rescued and the rest are trapped in a crevasse, rescuers say. | Eight of the party are believed to have been rescued and the rest are trapped in a crevasse, rescuers say. |
| Bad weather is hampering search efforts. | Bad weather is hampering search efforts. |
| Local media reports say the number of casualties may rise significantly. | Local media reports say the number of casualties may rise significantly. |
| The group was made up of trainees from the nearby Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. It said they had been returning from Mount Draupadi Danda-2 (5,670m; 18,602 feet) when the avalanche struck. | |
| Authorities were alerted at around 09:30 local time on Tuesday (04:00 GMT), rescue workers said. | |
| "We have confirmation of four deaths out of the 33 people trapped. Around eight of them have already been rescued and the rest are trapped in a crevasse," Ridhim Aggarwal from the State Disaster Response Force told AFP news agency. | "We have confirmation of four deaths out of the 33 people trapped. Around eight of them have already been rescued and the rest are trapped in a crevasse," Ridhim Aggarwal from the State Disaster Response Force told AFP news agency. |
| Rescue efforts will continue as long as the weather allows, he said. | Rescue efforts will continue as long as the weather allows, he said. |
| Earlier, Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar told Reuters news agency: "The Indian Air Force is doing an aerial recce of the mountain where this happened. It is not easy to reach the spot." | Earlier, Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar told Reuters news agency: "The Indian Air Force is doing an aerial recce of the mountain where this happened. It is not easy to reach the spot." |
| Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter: "Deeply anguished by the loss of precious lives due to landslide which has struck the mountaineering expedition carried out by the Nehru Mountaineering Institute in Uttarkashi." | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter: "Deeply anguished by the loss of precious lives due to landslide which has struck the mountaineering expedition carried out by the Nehru Mountaineering Institute in Uttarkashi." |
| It comes a week after the body of famed US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson was found in the Nepali Himalayas. | It comes a week after the body of famed US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson was found in the Nepali Himalayas. |
| Ms Nelson, regarded as one of the greatest mountaineers of her generation, was reported to have fallen into a deep crevasse after reaching the summit of Mount Manaslu. | Ms Nelson, regarded as one of the greatest mountaineers of her generation, was reported to have fallen into a deep crevasse after reaching the summit of Mount Manaslu. |
| On the same day she went missing, one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in an avalanche lower down on the same peak. | On the same day she went missing, one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in an avalanche lower down on the same peak. |