Overview
- Rescuers guided the final 200 people down to Qudang, capping two days of operations that brought about 580 climbers to safety.
- State media said roughly 300 guides, porters and yak herders were also evacuated from high camps.
- Authorities confirmed one death from cold exposure, while several evacuees were treated for hypothermia at aid stations supplied with heat, food, medicine and oxygen.
- Local officials closed the Karma valley routes on the Kangshung side as teams manage medical needs and work to reopen access.
- The same storm system triggered lethal landslides and floods in Nepal, with government reports citing dozens of deaths and ongoing airlifts.