Nepal to end rescue operation on trekking route

Published October 20, 2014 4:22am ET



KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal was wrapping up rescue operations in its northern mountains Monday, saying all the hikers believed to be stranded on a trekking route by a series of blizzards and avalanches that left dozens of others dead have been rescued and are safe.

The last flights by rescue helicopters in Mustang, Manang and Dolpa districts will be Monday, said Yadav Koirala of Nepal’s Disaster Management Division. All the casualties were in those three districts, located northwest of the capital, Katmandu.

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