Hikers evacuate near Mount Everest after heavy snowfall in China

One hiker died and hundreds of others were rescued on Monday after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount Everest on the Chinese side, state media reported on Monday. More than 130 others were retrieved from the same region after hundreds of rescuers and two drones were deployed.

Over the border in Nepal and India, landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours have killed more than 70 people, officials said, as rescue workers struggled Monday to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain.