Snowstorm traps 1000 people on slopes of Mount Everest | NYGazet

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

Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media. Hundreds of local villagers and rescue te... [1689 chars]