Tents at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in Nepal were destroyed in a huge avalanche. No casualties were reported.
Huge avalanche hits Nepal’s Manaslu Base Camp on Sunday (Photo: Screengrab)
A huge avalanche struck the base camp of Mount Manaslu in Nepal a week after two people, including an Indian climber, were killed in a similar avalanche. A few tents were destroyed, but no casualties were reported, according to Tashi Sherpa, who spotted the avalanche.
#WATCH | A fresh avalanche has hit the Manaslu Base Camp today. It has come a week after the last one, which had left two persons dead.#Nepal
(Video source: Tashi Lakpa Sherpa) pic.twitter.com/XLTbDVFq2G
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2022
The Nepal government had issued over 400 permits to climb Manaslu this year.
On September 26, at least two climbers were killed and 11 others injured when an avalanche struck them at the base camp of Mt Manaslu. The avalanche struck the route just below Camp IV of Mount Manaslu when the climbers were ferrying logistics to the high camps.
Rescue operations are underway and various helicopter services are conducting aerial searches.
Mt Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest mountain and considered the fifth most dangerous peak, has claimed 53 lives of mountaineers from 297 attempts, according to PTI reports.
Read | Caught on cam: Huge avalanche near Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand, no damage reported
— ENDS —
Read the full article here
