Sixteen expedition support staff are feared dead after an avalanche buried tents at Himlung Himal (7,126m) base camp in Nepal’s Manang district under more than 15ft of snow on Sunday morning. Rescuers recovered two bodies while 14 others, mostly kitchen staff, remained missing. Search teams said chances of finding survivors were slim. Operations were suspended later in the day due to difficult conditions and were scheduled to resume Monday morning.
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