Hundreds of hikers, local guides and yak herders have now reached safety after becoming stranded in freezing temperatures by a heavy snowstorm over the weekend on the east face of Mount Everest in Tibet, authorities said.

The evacuation of the last 200 or so hikers from the isolated Karma Valley on Tuesday came after about 350 trekkers were guided to safety on Sunday , marking one of the largest ever search-and-rescue operations in the region.

China’s official Xinhua news agency said that a total of 580 hikers and more than 300 local mountain guides and yak herders had arrived safely in Qudeng township and nearby areas of Dingri county in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Rescue teams carrying food, medicine, oxygen supplies and materials to provide warmth had guided the almost 90

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