Hopes fade for 40 missing after Nepal blizzard
- 10 years ago
Nepal's army has resumed their search for at least 40 missing hikers, stranded in the Himalayas.
This, after Wednesday's unseasonal blizzard killed 39 people.
More than 500 people have been rescued so far, and the army is hoping that improved weather conditions will help speed things up.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) COLONEL NIRANJAN KUMAR SHRESTHA, SPOKESMAN OF THE NEPALESE ARMY, SAYING:
"The terrain is still okay but it is the matter of the weather and thickness of the snow that is hampering our movement basically."
With each passing day, hopes of finding more survivors is fading.
...Survivors like these, returning to Israel after one of Nepal's worst ever mountain disasters.
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI SURVIVOR, ROEY PATAEL, SAYING:
"I was out in the field for two nights, one night I was completely buried in the snow for about 15 or 16 hours. And an additional night, in the field but out of the snow until the rescue came to take me."
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This, after Wednesday's unseasonal blizzard killed 39 people.
More than 500 people have been rescued so far, and the army is hoping that improved weather conditions will help speed things up.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) COLONEL NIRANJAN KUMAR SHRESTHA, SPOKESMAN OF THE NEPALESE ARMY, SAYING:
"The terrain is still okay but it is the matter of the weather and thickness of the snow that is hampering our movement basically."
With each passing day, hopes of finding more survivors is fading.
...Survivors like these, returning to Israel after one of Nepal's worst ever mountain disasters.
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI SURVIVOR, ROEY PATAEL, SAYING:
"I was out in the field for two nights, one night I was completely buried in the snow for about 15 or 16 hours. And an additional night, in the field but out of the snow until the rescue came to take me."
No