Victims of disaster steel 10s people. Only favored by travelers pass Thorung-La avalanche killed 29 people, about the fate of another 85 climbers is not known.
Victims from the wrath in the Nepalese Himalayas elements - two domestic travelers. "The people of Russia are at an altitude of 4150 meters. They stuck their avalanche there cut. They're waiting for the helicopter. About killed us information not yet," said the adept of the Russian Embassy in Nepal.
The diplomat said that climbers, cut off an avalanche, they themselves got in touch. With all this, the Ambassador did not exclude the possibility that among the victims of domestic travelers citizens may be more. But until a clear information is only about 2 tourists from Russia, RIA Novosti reported.
According to the diplomat, Russia had a few calls. The caller said that he lost the relationship with the deceased in the mountain travelers. Adept Embassy believes that the alarm may be false. "Here is a bad connection. The fact that there is no connection, this does not mean that they are gone", said the Russian diplomat.
Tourists, the number of which is unknown, may still reside in snowy areas to which access is difficult due to bad weather, for example in the area of lake Tilicho. Specifically there is based mountaineering camp.
Meanwhile the basis of the strongest of the snow covered Himalayas, was the cyclone "Hudhud", collapsed on the Eastern coast of India. "Hudhud" accompanied by heavy rains and squally wind. The victims of the cyclone are already more than 40 people, reports India Today. Felled many trees, and therefore on the roads cause traffic transport.
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