Overview

• Xinhua reported that 580 hikers plus more than 300 local guides and yak herders reached safety in Qudeng township and nearby areas.
• Rescuers guided nearly 900 people out of Karma Valley on Everest’s east side after a Friday–Saturday blizzard dumped heavy snow.
• Teams delivered food, medicine, oxygen and warming supplies before escorting groups down, with the final evacuations completed on Tuesday.
• The stranded were at elevations around 4,200 meters in remote terrain that made trails impassable and tents collapse under snowfall.
• Emergency services told CCTV that one person died from hypothermia and altitude sickness in neighboring Qinghai as the storm hit during Golden Week.