Hundreds of hikers are still trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900 metres as rescuers work to clear deep snow.

A hiker who rushed to descend before snow blocked the way said that others still on the mountain told him the snow was 3 feet ...

"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.

Rescue teams have been deployed to clear the snow on the world's tallest mountain, Chinese state media reports.

The Karma valley, first explored by Western travellers a century ago, is a relatively pristine part of the Everest region.

Hundreds of hikers and their guides were rescued from the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding area after a weekend of heavy snowfall that made swaths of Mount Everest ...

Hundreds of trekkers on the eastern face of Mount Everest are awaiting help after a severe blizzard trapped them on the ...

A massive rescue operation has been launched with local villagers digging through heavy snow in an effort to free the hikers ...

Hundreds of hikers and their guides were rescued from the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding ...

Chronic homelessness is at a record high, but there's a shortage of housing, rehab and mental health treatment. One ambitious ...

Mount Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma in Chinese, straddles the border between China and Nepal, where recent heavy rains ...