A RESCUE team have finally reached the remaining 200 hikers stuck 16,000ft up Mount Everest after they were trapped in a savage snowstorm.

It comes after around 350 trekkers were brought to safety following intense snow and rainfall that pummelled the mountain from Friday to Saturday.

The whole rescue operation is expected to be completed on Tuesday, though this has not been confirmed.

Those who have been rescued are sheltering in the small town of Qudang, which is about 30 miles from base camp on Everest's Tibetan side.

Hiker Chen Geshuang, who was caught in the blizzard and rescued, said: "It was so wet and cold in the mountains, and hypothermia was a real risk.

"The weather this year is not normal. The guide said he had never encountered such weather in October. And it happened

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