Bad weather conditions make rescue and search operations difficult.
in India At least 19 people have died in an avalanche in the Himalayan mountain region, reports news agency AFP.
“19 bodies have been found. Ten people are still missing,” said a representative of the Uttarakhand state disaster agency Ridhim Aggarwal.
The people caught in the avalanche were climbing teachers and students.
In total 32 people have been rescued from the accident area. They were climbing towards the peak of Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II in the northern Indian state of Uttrakhand.
“We were about 50-100 meters from the top of the mountain and our teachers were walking ahead of us when the avalanche suddenly hit us and hit everyone,” said one of the rescued climbing students Sunil Lalwani on Thursday to the Hindustan Times, according to AFP.
According to Lalwan, he and the others were saved from the avalanche because the masses of snow threw them into a gully where they could breathe.
The authorities have established a heliport near the crash site at an altitude of approximately 4,900 meters. Bad weather conditions, however, have made it difficult for rescue and search operations, which continue for the fourth day.
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