Overview

• A sudden blizzard on the Kangshung/Karma Valley route during China’s Golden Week trapped roughly 1,000 trekkers at high camps.
• About 350 people have reached Qudang, with more than 200 others in contact and being guided down in stages, while the status of some guides and staff remains unclear.
• Hundreds of local villagers, Tibetan firefighters and the Blue Sky Rescue Team are clearing deep snow to reopen routes, and ticket sales for the Everest Scenic Area are suspended.
• Survivors reported heavy, wet snowfall that collapsed tents and created hypothermia risks at elevations above 4,000–4,900 meters.
• The Himalayan weather surge also hit Nepal, where heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods that killed at least 47 people.