OVER 200 hikers are still stranded on Mount Everest after a vicious blizzard hit campsites - with rescuers rushing to save the remaining mountaineers.

Climbers told of their harrowing experiences as they faced being drowned by rapidly growing piles of snow 16,000ft above ground.

Fears are now mounting that the 200 hikers could be buried alive by the raging snowstorm as authorities race against the clock to reach them.

Hundreds of local villagers and emergency workers are now urgently clearing heaps of snow left by the extreme weather .

Local media initially reported that there were 1,000 stranded climbers - but Chinese state media said on Monday that 350 people had been evacuated while 200 remain trapped.

The freak blizzard struck on Friday evening before it raged through the

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