"China Central Television (CCTV) said 350 hikers had been rescued from blizzard conditions on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest on Sunday and that contact had been established with more than 200 individuals who remained at camp and would be brought down to the small township of Qudang in groups. Chinese state media outlet Jimu News had previously reported that roughly 1,000 mountain climbers were pinned down at sites just below base camp on the north face of Mount Everest."
"Jimu said the climbers were at camps located at an altitude of roughly 4,900 meters (16,076 feet). CCTV's report did not say whether local guides and support staff had been accounted for. Tents have been reported damaged and news of casualties has also been mentioned, though no fatalities have been reported thus far. Though rescue efforts are underway, they have been hampered by persistent heavy snow and winds that have made rescue roads impassable."
"Snowfall has continued since Friday, according to local tour companies that suspended ticket sales to the area late Saturday. Locals have been deployed to aid in clearing snow blocking access to the camp. Neighboring Nepal has also been blasted by precipitation in the form of rain, with landslides and flash flooding killing dozens of people across the border. Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, with its peak measuring 8,848 meters above sea level. The mountain is also deadly, having claimed the lives of hundreds of climbers since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first climbed to its summit in 1953."
Three hundred fifty hikers were rescued from blizzard conditions on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, and contact was established with more than 200 individuals who remained at camp and will be brought down to the small township of Qudang in groups. Roughly 1,000 climbers were pinned down at sites just below base camp on the mountain's north face at about 4,900 meters. Accountability of local guides and support staff remained unclear. Tents were damaged and casualties were mentioned, though no fatalities have been reported so far. Rescue efforts were hampered by heavy snow and high winds that made roads impassable. Snowfall continued since Friday, prompting suspension of ticket sales; locals were deployed to clear snow. Neighboring Nepal experienced rain-triggered landslides and flash floods that killed dozens. Everest's peak measures 8,848 meters and has claimed hundreds of climbers' lives since 1953.
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