Nine dead on Nepal’s Mt. Gurja after snowstorm

(CNN)A renowned South Korean climber was among nine people killed when a vicious snowstorm hit their camp on Nepal’s Mount Gurja, according to officials.

Police and locals are working to bring the bodies off the mountain and to Kathmandu, South Korea’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
A rescue helicopter was dispatched at about 7:15 a.m. Sunday, and by 9:40 a.m. all nine bodies were found, the ministry said. Some bodies had been located Saturday.

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