- Title: Nepal rescuers prepare for search for missing trekkers
- Date: 21st January 2020
- Summary: POKHARA, NEPAL (JANUARY 21, 2020) (REUTERS) AERIAL VIEW AROUND POKHARA REGION AERIAL OF AIRPLANE DESCENDING AT POKHARA AIRPORT POKHARA AIRPORT ARMY PERSONNEL PACKING RESCUE MATERIALS VARIOUS OF ARMY PERSONNEL CHECKING EQUIPMENT FOR RESCUE MISSION VARIOUS OF ARMY PERSONNEL CARRYING EQUIPMENT TOWARDS HELICOPTER ARMY PERSONNEL PICKING UP EQUIPMENT TO LOAD UP IN FRONT OF HELICOPTER (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) NGAWANGIMA SHERPA, TREASURER OF KOREA TOURS AND TREKKING OPERATOR ASSOCIATION, SAYING: "A rescue centre has been set up at the Machhapuchhre Base Camp. We have deployed a team there at 7.30 a.m. (0145 GMT) today. They are currently in Deurali and are using their devices and drones to conduct the search. And a second team has also been sent. The second team is the Korean media. And now a special army rescue team is preparing to go and will most probably reach there within half an hour." SHERPA TALKING ON PHONE ARMY HELICOPTER CARRYING RESCUE OPERATORS AND RESCUE MATERIALS TAKING OFF
- Embargoed: 4th February 2020 07:38
- Keywords: Nepal South Korea hikers missing search and rescue
- Location: POKHARA, NEPAL
- City: POKHARA, NEPAL
- Country: Nepal
- Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA001BX46ZBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A search and rescue operation for seven missing people continued on Tuesday (January 21), after the hikers, including four South Koreans, went missing following fresh avalanches at Nepal's Annapurna region last week.
Three Nepali guides were among the group struck by an avalanche on Friday (January 17) along the popular trekking route at the base of Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th highest mountain, at 8,091 meters (26,545 feet).
Bad weather, heavy snow and continuous avalanches have regularly been impeding the search and rescue efforts, said local authorities.
About 200 people, including 140 foreign hikers, were evacuated from the area over the weekend, according to local police.
The winter trekking season in Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest, is drawing to a close this month. Nepal gets four percent of its GDP from tourism including trekking.
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