DHAKA: Helicopters began landing at Mount Everest base camp on Sunday to rescue victims of an avalanche that has killed at least 14 people.

A media correspondent at the scene said, reports The Straits Times.

Six helicopters landed at base camp in Nepal after weather conditions improved overnight, according to the Associated Press Kathmandu bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly.

‘People being stretchered out as choppers land - half a dozen this morning,’ Kannampilly said in a text message. ‘Weather clear, some snowfall.’

BDST: 1205 HRS, APR 26, 2015
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