Local villagers and rescue teams help hikers stranded on Mount Everest after a snowstorm pummels the Himalayas.

BEIJING (AP) — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm ...

"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.

In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2025 and released by Lingsuiye, villagers with their oxen and horses ascend the mountain during rescue efforts to reach hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist ...