Nepal was wrapping up rescue operations in its northern mountains on Monday, saying all the hikers believed to have been stranded on a trekking route by a series of deadly blizzards are now safe.
At least 38 people, including trekkers from Canada, India, Israel, Slovakia, Poland and Japan, died in the blizzards and avalanches that swept the Himalayas last week, battering the popular Annapurna trekking circuit. The last flights by rescue helicopters in Mustang, Manang and Dolpa districts were planned for Monday, said Yadav Koirala of Nepal’s Disaster Management Division. All the casualties were in those three districts, located northwest of the capital , Kathmandu.AP