One hiker dead, hundreds rescued after heavy snowfall in China

This handout image taken on October 5, 2025 and received on October 6 courtesy of Xiong JinXin shows hikers and yaks stranded in deep snow in the Karma Valley of the Tibet Autonomous Region on October 5, 2025, following a sudden heavy snowfall that hit the region. One hiker has died and hundreds of others have been rescued after sudden heavy snowfall in China's northwest and western mountain regions over the weekend, state media reported on October 6. - Xiong JinXin/AFP

BEIJING: One hiker died and hundreds of others were rescued after sudden heavy snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau and near Mount Everest on the Chinese side, state media and hikers reported on Monday (Oct 6).

A young hiker nicknamed FeiFei, who was evacuated on Monday, told AFP she was on a multi-day trek with three friends and a local guide in the Karma Valley at the foot of Everest in Tibet at an altitude of nearly 5,000 metres.