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Massive avalanche in Uttarakhand, 8 missing

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A sudden snowstorm and avalanche in Uttarakhand caught an eight‑member trekking team off guard, leaving all eight members missing in the high‑altitude terrain. Authorities and a government official confirmed the loss, noting that five of the missing trekkers are from West Bengal’s Bankura district and two are from Lucknow, while the origins of the remaining members were not specified. Search operations have been launched to locate the missing trekkers.

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    After five days of search to find eight trekkers missing on the Kedartal route in Uttarakhand, rescuers on Tuesday recovered bodies of two people buried in the avalanche, officials said. Personnel from the Uttarakhand Police’s State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Nehru Institute of…

    — The Tribune

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A sudden snowstorm and avalanche in Uttarakhand caught an eight-member trekking team off guard. Authorities report that all eight members are currently missing in the high-altitude terrain. Five of the missing trekkers belong to West Bengal’s Bankura district. Two individuals hail from Lucknow…

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Massive avalanche in Uttarakhand, 8 missing

A sudden snowstorm and avalanche in Uttarakhand caught an eight-member trekking team off guard. Authorities report that all eight members are currently missing in the high-altitude terrain. Five of the missing trekkers belong to West Bengal’s Bankura district. Two individuals hail from Lucknow…

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