2012-09-23 尼泊爾雪崩至少 9 名登山者死亡

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尼泊爾喜馬拉雅山地區發生雪崩，導致至少 9 名登山者死亡，6 人失蹤。

當地警方說，雪崩在當地時間凌晨襲擊了世界第 8 高峰馬納斯盧峰山腰上的登山者營區，部分死者當時正在營區帳篷裏。

另外，在山坡上，已經找到一名尼泊爾嚮導和一名德國登山者的遺體。

美聯社援引一位尼泊爾警方官員的話說，10 人在雪崩中倖免於難，但是其中很多人受傷。

他還說，傷者乘坐直升飛機被送到附近的醫院接受治療。

當地官員仍在試圖查明這組登山者的具體人數。

目前當地天氣惡劣，搜救困難。

每年都有數百名外國登山者前往尼泊爾，從這裏攀登喜馬拉雅山。

全世界最高的 14 座山峰中有八座都位於喜馬拉雅地區，其中包括世界最高峰珠穆朗瑪峰。

馬納斯盧峰被看作最危險的山峰之一，過去幾年中已經有數十名登山者在這裏喪生。

今年的登山季節開始與九月。

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19691512

At least nine people have been killed and several are missing in Nepal after an avalanche hit climbers and guides at a camp on a Himalayan peak.

The bodies of a German and a Nepalese guide have been recovered from the slopes of Mount Manaslu, police say.

A further seven bodies have been sighted by rescue pilots. Spanish foreign ministry officials say one of the dead is a Spanish national.

The avalanche struck a base camp near the summit on Saturday, police said.

It is thought at least three other climbers are missing in the avalanche, but officials are trying to determine exactly how many people were in the climbing party.

At least five climbers were said by police officials to have survived and been rescued and flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters.

Four of the dead and three of the missing were French, the vice-president of the French mountain guides' union Christian Trommsdorff told the AFP news agency.

Two of those rescued were also French nationals, according to Mr Trommsdorff.

'Flood of snow'

Deteriorating weather conditions meant it was impossible to continue air searches of the mountain on Sunday, police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar told the Associated Press.

The climbers were caught at 7,000m (22,960ft) as they were preparing to head toward the summit, which is 8,156m high.

"The avalanche hit camp three of the Manaslu peak... resulting in a flood of snow," said Laxmi Dhakal, head of the Nepalese home ministry's disaster response division.

Hundreds of foreign climbers head every year for the Himalayas in Nepal, which has eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest.

Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world, is considered one of the most dangerous, with dozens of deaths in recent years.

The autumn climbing season began this month.