Seven dead, two missing on Nepal mountainSUPPLIED A storm destroyed their camp and rescue helicopters sent early Saturday were unable to land because of bad weather conditions on the mountain, police official Bir Bahadur Budamagar said. Seven people, including South Korean climbers, were killed and two more are missing on Gurja Himal mountain after a strong storm swept through their base camp, Nepalese police said on Saturday. There were five South Korean climbers and four Nepalese guides in the camp when the strong storm hit. A police team was heading toward the base camp on foot and will likely reach there on Sunday, Budamagar said. The Himalayan Times reported a landslide on the south face of Mt Dhaulagiri in western Nepal buried the climbers, according to the expedition organiser Wangchu Sherpa, managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal.

Source: Stuff October 13, 2018 09:18 UTC