Rescue teams in Nepal continued their search for 12 missing individuals following an avalanche that struck a base camp on Mount Himlung, a 7,126-meter peak in the country’s north-central region. The incident occurred on Sunday amid severe weather conditions, with at least two people confirmed dead. All those affected were Nepali nationals.

The avalanche occurred as workers at the base camp were preparing to receive foreign climbers for the autumn climbing season, which had commenced earlier in the month. In addition to the missing, ten others were rescued from the site and evacuated by helicopter. The bodies of the two deceased were transported to Kathmandu airport and then taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Relatives present at the hospital declined to comment.

The Manang district, where Mount Himlung is situated, experienced heavy rainfall over the weekend, resulting in widespread flooding and landslides, according to the district administration office. This surge in adverse weather coincides with government warnings announcing severe weather conditions across Nepal’s Himalayan region.

The nation’s disaster management agency reported that, between Thursday and Sunday, at least 21 people lost their lives and five others remained missing in various areas of the country due to weather-related incidents. This latest disaster comes as Nepal continues to recover from catastrophic flooding in August, which devastated multiple villages, resulting in over 1,400 fatalities and nearly 6,000 people unaccounted for.