"I was so lucky to get out," a hiker tells the BBC after being caught in two days of unusually heavy snow in the Himalayas.

Tibet Firefighting Department via Reuters - PHOTO: Tibetan firefighters rescue trekkers from Everest after they were stranded by a blizzard, in Tingri, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in this screen ...

A blizzard on Mount Everest's Tibetan slopes trapped nearly 1,000 hikers and guides in remote camps during China's National ...

A sudden and powerful blizzard hit the Tibetan side of Mount Everest on Friday, trapping nearly 1,000 hikers, guides, and ...

Hundreds of hikers were trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900m after the region was hit by heavy snowfall on Friday and ...

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High in the Himalayas, such extreme weather means blizzards and snowstorms, which is a huge risk for trekking, mountaineering ...