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| Nepal blizzards claim lives of at least four trekkers | |
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| Four trekkers have been killed and dozens more are missing in blizzards in the Himalayas in Nepal, police say. | |
| Two Poles, an Israeli and a Nepalese national are reported to be among those who died. Forty others were rescued. | |
| The army has deployed helicopters and troops are searching for more survivors near the Thorung La mountain pass on the Annapurna Circuit. | |
| The bad weather at the height of Nepal's tourist season is being blamed on the tail end of Cyclone Hudhud. | |
| Hudhud hit south-east India earlier this week - satellite pictures now show it moving away from Nepal towards China, BBC Nepali's Rama Parajuli reports from Kathmandu. | Hudhud hit south-east India earlier this week - satellite pictures now show it moving away from Nepal towards China, BBC Nepali's Rama Parajuli reports from Kathmandu. |
| A senior official in Mustang district, 200km (125 miles) north-west of Kathmandu, said five other Poles, four Israelis and five Germans had been rescued after a massive snowfall some 4,500m above sea level. | |
| In a separate incident not far away, three Nepalese farmers died in an avalanche. |