Number of Missing Rises to 85 after Nepal Snowstorm

Local Editor

At least 85 climbers are still unaccounted for after a blizzard dumped snow and triggered avalanches along a mountain trekking route popular with backpackers, the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal said on Thursday.

At least 20 people were killed in the storm. Army and civilian rescue workers say the number of missing is based on a register of climbers in the affected area.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team