Overview
- The fatalities stem from two separate incidents, an avalanche on Yalung Ri and a storm-hit high camp on Panbari in Nepal’s Himalaya.
- Italian victims formally identified are Alessandro Caputo and Stefano Farronato on Panbari and Paolo Cocco linked to the Yalung Ri area.
- Two Italians from the Yalung Ri group, Marco Di Marcello and Markus Kirchler, remain missing, with Di Marcello’s GPS device still updating positions according to his family.
- Five other Italians on a Makalu-region trek have been out of contact but are expected to regain phone reception, and Nepal’s tourism department notes they may be trekkers rather than registered alpinists.
- Helicopters and expert teams are operating under high-altitude and low-visibility constraints, while Italian consular officials coordinate with Nepalese authorities and families.