The number of people missing in the accident that occurred on Tuesday night is unclear
Eight people were killed today, Wednesday, and many others are reported missing after the avalanche formed in his mountains Tibetaccording to Chinese media.
Xinhua news agency reported that the avalanche formed at the exit of a tunnel on a road connecting Nyingchi City, Medog County, with Meinling County in southeast Tibet.
The municipal officials of Nyingchi, an elevated site 3,040 meterssaid the avalanche trapped people in their cars and that a rescue operation was underway for those missing, Xinhua reported.
The number of missing in the accident that occurred on Tuesday night is unspecified.
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management today sent a team to Tibet and called for large-scale rescue efforts. He also asked to ascertain how many people remained trappedaccording to the Chinese newspaper Global Times.
Avalanches are not a rare phenomenon in Himalayas. In October, at least 26 people died in India when an avalanche formed on Mount Droupadi and Dada-II in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
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