At least four mountaineers were killed on Tuesday during an avalanche in the Indian Himalayas, officials said. Media reports put the toll at 10 following the incident at around 16,000 feet in the northern state of Uttarakhand. "We have confirmation of four deaths out of the 33 people trapped. Around eight of them have already been rescued and the rest are trapped in a crevasse," Ridhim Aggarwal from the State Disaster Response Force said.
"It was snowing but now the weather has improved and we have already launched a rescue operation with the help of the Air Force and other agencies. The rescue will continue as long as weather allows and until those trapped are secured." The group were trainees from a local mountaineering institute. - AFP
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