One hiker died and hundreds of others were rescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount Everest on the Chinese side, state media and hikers reported on Monday.

A young hiker nicknamed FeiFei, who was evacuated on Monday, told AFP she was on a multi-day trek with three friends and a local guide in the Karma Valley at the foot of Everest in Tibet at an altitude of nearly 5,000 metres (16,400 feet).

Heavy snowfall overnight Saturday to Sunday buried their camp.

“We had to constantly clear the snow from the tents, but I collapsed from exhaustion (…) and my tent got buried,” said the young woman from eastern Jiangsu province.

She finally found refuge in another tent.

After two days of walking, during which “firefighters cleared the path using yaks and horses to

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