DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Dozens of Mount Everest Climbers Rescued After Freak October Blizzard

October 7, 2025
in News
Dozens of Mount Everest Climbers Rescued After Freak October Blizzard
493
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A freak, climate change-induced October blizzard blindsided hundreds of hikers near the eastern face of Mount Everest. The storm hit Friday night, dumping over three feet of snow.

So far, 350 hikers have been rescued, but over 200 were still stranded as of Monday morning, according to Chinese state media. Rescue teams, villagers, and possibly a few yetis have been working nonstop to dig people out and get them to safety in Qudang, a town located approximately 30 miles from Everest’s Tibetan base camp.

Early October is typically prime time for Everest. Monsoon season is over, so it’s reasonably dry, and it’s just before winter, so temperatures are relatively tame. Things were a little different this time around. A convective snowstorm came tearing through the eastern slope.

Nepal Wants Mount Everest Climbers To Bring Their Empty Oxygen Tanks Back

Freak October Blizzard Forces Mass Rescue of Mount Everest Climbers

Convective storms can happen anywhere in the world, but usually occur during the summer. There are essentially thunderstorms, the kind that drop buckets of rain and produce window-rattling thunderclaps. A hurricane, for example, would be considered a severe version of a convective storm.

Survivors described snow crushing tents and wind chills that made people think hypothermia was going to set in at any moment. Some said that they were too afraid to sleep. The Guardian reports that a guide admitted he’d never seen an October storm like this.

That’s likely because the Himalayas are experiencing the direct effects of climate change. Warming temperatures are shifting participation patterns in the region. October has been a dry month for centuries.

Now that climate change has extended the length of summer through September and into October, it’s now a wet month. It’s the Himalayas, so it’s still going to be cold. All that extra precipitation gets turned into snow on the way down.

Mount Everest was once considered dangerous due to its extreme altitude. Now, it’s risky because the weather has lost its darn mind. And the weather has gone out of control because we humans have still not gotten our act together to stop or at least slow climate change, even though we have had plenty of time to figure it out.

The post Dozens of Mount Everest Climbers Rescued After Freak October Blizzard appeared first on VICE.

Tags: LifeMount EverestNews
Share197Tweet123Share
Trump Voters Really Hate Epstein: Harvard Pollster
News

Trump Voters Really Hate Epstein: Harvard Pollster

by The Daily Beast
October 29, 2025

Even the young men supporting President Donald Trump are tapping their feet impatiently on the release of the notorious Epstein ...

Read more
News

Florida girl — just 11 years old — arrested after writing ‘kill list’ at her desk at school, cops say

October 29, 2025
News

YouTube Offers Employees Voluntary Buyout As Company Embraces AI: “The Next Frontier”

October 29, 2025
Asia

Radio Free Asia halts broadcasts amid US government shutdown

October 29, 2025
News

MSNBC Host Tears Into Trump, 79, Over ‘Visible Issues’

October 29, 2025
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.

Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.

October 29, 2025
Virginia school district slapped with complaint alleging new claims in viral trans locker room fight

Virginia school district slapped with complaint alleging new claims in viral trans locker room fight

October 29, 2025
Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting

Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting

October 29, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.