Overview

• A powerful storm that began Saturday cut visibility to less than one meter and loaded key sections of the route with heavy snow.
• Local rescue teams, villagers, professional guides, and special machinery are working to clear passages, but iced, impassable roads and disrupted communications are slowing progress.
• A caller reached rescuers around 05:00 local time on Oct. 5 reporting roughly 1,000 people still across several camps, with some suffering hypothermia in serious condition.
• The Everest Landscape Park on the Tibet side closed at 17:50 on Oct. 4 with ticket sales suspended, and authorities are urging travelers to postpone visits.
• Many at base camp, located around 4,900 meters, are sheltering in tents after some were buried by snow and pack animals could not move through deep drifts.