One hiker dead, hundreds rescued after heavy snowfall in China  | International

BEIJING, Oct 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - One hiker died and hundreds of others wererescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near MountEverest on the Chinese side, state media and hikers reported on Monday. A young hiker nicknamed FeiFei, who was evacuated on Monday, told AFP she wason a multi-day trek with three friends and a local guide in the Karma Valleyat the foot of Everest in Tibet at an altitude of nearly 5,000 metres (16,400feet). Heavy snowfall overnight Saturday to Sunday buried their camp. "We had to constantly clear the snow from the tents, but I collapsed fromexhaustion (...) and my tent got buried," said the young woman from easternJiangsu province. After two days of walking, during...