An avalanche struck a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday, killing five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said.

According to Armed Police Force spokesperson Shailendra Thapa, five others were injured at the base camp, situated at an altitude of 4,900 meters (16,070 feet), AP reported. Also Read | Who was Bipin Joshi? ‘Only Hindu’ taken hostage in Israel declared dead by Hamas

The weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains.

Rescuers were reaching the site on foot. A rescue helicopter attempted to reach the site, but bad weather forced it to turn back. T

Four injured climbers were evacuated to a nearby village, and a search for the missing climbers, including by helicopter, was continuing, police offici

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