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Nepal disaster Anxious wait for families of UK trekkers | |
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Friends and relatives of Britons trekking in Nepal are anxiously waiting for news after storms and avalanches hit the Himalayas. | |
At least 39 people have died in the storms and 150 have been injured, the Nepali authorities have said. | |
Others are missing and a Facebook page has been set up in an attempt to help find them. | |
A BBC correspondent in Nepal said some people not heard from could be on other trekking routes where they were safe. | |
'Completely out of touch' | |
Many would be unable to contact their families even if they were not affected by the storms. | |
"Once they are on the mountains they are completely out of touch," BBC correspondent Andrew North said. | |
The Foreign Office said it had no information so far that any Britons were among the casualties. | |
A total of 282 people have been rescued from the Annapurna mountain range following the storms. | |
The bad weather hit a resting place 4,500m (14,800ft) above sea level, not far below the circuit's highest point, the Thorung La pass. | The bad weather hit a resting place 4,500m (14,800ft) above sea level, not far below the circuit's highest point, the Thorung La pass. |
Some survivors are thought to be stranded in lodges and huts. | Some survivors are thought to be stranded in lodges and huts. |
A British man who survived the storm claimed people had been "herded to their deaths" by ill-equipped guides. | A British man who survived the storm claimed people had been "herded to their deaths" by ill-equipped guides. |
Paul Sherridan, 49, from Doncaster, said his party should not have been taken up the mountain because of the bad weather forecast. | |
One British climber, who had been missing, has now been in touch with friends. | |
She said she had been "out of reach due to poor [internet] signal", according to posts on her Facebook page. |