"A severe storm struck the area Saturday night, cutting off access to where the hikers were staying in tents at an altitude of more than 4,900 meters (16,000 feet). In all, 580 hikers and more than 300 guides, yak herders and other workers were stranded. About 350 hikers were able to descend by noon Monday and the rest had arrived by Tuesday, state media said, citing the local government."
"Some hikers reportedly had hypothermia, and the official Xinhua News Agency said about a dozen of them were escorted to a meeting point by teams with food, medicine, heating and oxygen supplies. The scenic area at Mount Everest in China's Tibet region has been temporarily closed. The 8,850-meter (29,000-foot) peak, the world's highest, straddles the border with Nepal."
"More than 200 people were evacuated from a remote and rugged valley in the Qilian Mountains in Qinghai province. One person died of hypothermia and altitude sickness. The area is undeveloped, and authorities later warned people against entering without permission, citing the difficult terrain, unpredictable weather and an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters (13,000 feet)."
A severe weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest stranded about 580 hikers and more than 300 guides, yak herders and workers at over 4,900 meters. Roughly 350 hikers descended by noon Monday and the remainder reached safety by Tuesday, with teams escorting about a dozen hypothermic hikers to a meeting point carrying food, medicine, heating and oxygen. The Mount Everest scenic area in Tibet has been temporarily closed. Separate early-season storms affected western China and Nepal, causing evacuations in the Qilian Mountains, one death from hypothermia and altitude sickness, and closures of other scenic areas.
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