At least 20 mountaineers dead in Nepal due to blizzards and avalanches

October is the considered to be the most popular trekking season in Nepal and thousands of foreigners go hiking in the Himalayan Mountains at this time of the year.
However, sudden blizzards and avalanches have left at least 20 mountaineers dead in the Annapurna Circuit foxnews.com. The bodies were spotted by rescuers in helicopters - five more climbers were missing on another mountain.

These five trekkers went missing after an avalanche hit Mount Dhaulagiri as climbers at the base camp were preparing to scale the 26,800-foot-high peak – this is the world's seventh tallest. Two of the missing climbers are from Slovakia and three are Nepalese guides.
The rescue teams were able to recover the bodies of four trekkers -- two Poles, an Israeli and a Nepali -- from the Thorong La pass area on the Annapurna Circuit trekking trail a day after they were caught in a blizzard. And, in neighboring Manang district, an avalanche killed an Indian and four Canadian trekkers in Phu village.
The other dead included three villagers in the same district, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, whose bodies were recovered Wednesday.

It may be recalled that an avalanche in April just above the base camp on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides – it was the deadliest single disaster on the mountain and experts believe that the global warming is responsible for such avalanches in the Himalayas.