Carian mengenai topik Himalayas

Rescuers began drilling vertically from the top of a mountain under which 41 workers became trapped two weeks ago.

Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were foiled by a problem with the drilling equipment.

Climate scientists say warming across South Asia's Himalayas has been greater than the global averages.

The administration had identified the risk and successfully evacuated the building two days prior, the state's chief minister said.

Structures were swept away under rocks and falling trees, roads had caved in, and power and the railway network disrupted.

The death toll expected to rise as more than 20 remain trapped or missing, officials said.

Houses flattened by landslide, buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.

Dangers that guides and experts say are rising due to climate change and as more people seek high-altitude thrills.

The northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in all adults.

Around 30 people are still trapped, including passengers inside a bus lying under the debris, said Vivek.

The disaster has prompted calls by environmental groups for a review of power projects in the ecologically sensitive mountains.

Rescue efforts have been focused on saving an estimated 35 workers stuck in a 2.5 km tunnel connected to the Tapovan project.

More than 2,000 members of the military, paramilitary groups and police took part in the search-and-rescue operation.

The pilgrims were on their way back from the Amarnath shrine deep in the Himalayas when their bus got caught up in the crossfire near the town of Anantnag, police said.

Alberto Zerain Berasategi from Spain and Mariano Galvan from Argentina were last heard from on 23 June while at the 6,100 metre base of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain.