Avalanche in Everest

An earthquake in Nepal triggered an avalanche on Mt.Everest on April 25. The avalanche left at least 17 casualties and 61 wounded. Due to poor weather conditions, evacuations were a difficult task. The avalanche began Saturday on Mount Kumori, a 7,000-meter (22,966-foot) -high mountain just a few miles (kilometers) from Everest, gathering strength as it headed toward the base camp where climbing expeditions have been preparing to make their summit attempts in the coming weeks, he said. The avalanche — or perhaps a series of avalanches hidden in a massive white cloud plowed into a part of base camp, a sprawling seasonal village of climbers, guides and porters, flattening at least 30 tents, Tshering said. All of the dead and injured were at base camp. The magnitude-7.8 quake struck at around noon Saturday about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, just over a year after the deadliest avalanche on record hit Everest, killing 16 Sherpa guides on April 18, 2014.

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