Snowstorm traps 1000 people on slopes of Mount Everest

Rescue efforts are taking place on remote tipped slopes in Jabal Everest, where a snowstorm is besieged by nearly 1,000 people in the camps on the eastern side of the mountain, according to the Chinese government media.

Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams were deployed to disinfect snow from reaching the area that is more than 4900 meters (16,000 feet).

Chinese media said that some tourists had already been rescued.

Thick snow began on Friday evening and intensified on the eastern slopes of Jabal Everest in Tibet, a region that is popular with hikers.

The Tibet’s Blue Sky’s rescue team received an invitation to help say that tents had collapsed due to heavy snow, and that some hikers were already suffering from low body temperature, Chinese media reported.

Tingry Tourism Province has suspended ticket sales and entry into a scenic landscape from Saturday, according to Reuters news agency.

The region faces severe weather today, as Nebal, adjacent to the heavy rains that sparked the sudden landslides and floods that washed the bridges and killed at least 47 people in the last two days.

In China, Typhoon Matmo has fallen down, forcing about 150,000 people to evacuate their homes.

Mount Everst is the world’s highest peak with more than 8,849 million. Although many people are trying to climb the summit every year, it is considered an incredibly dangerous rise.

In recent years, it has been afflicted with overcrowding fears, Environmental concerns And a series of Deadly climbing attempts.