A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Himalayan foothills near Mount Everest, killing at least 126 people in China's Tibet region and displacing thousands. Rescue efforts are underway in freezing temperatures as aftershocks continue.
LA fires turn fatal as 100 mph winds fuel out-of-control blazes, forcing 30K people to flee their homeshave been rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for in freezing weather a day after a strong tremor rocked the Himalayan foothills.
At least 126 people were known to have been killed and 188 injured on the Tibetan side, state broadcaster CCTV reported. No deaths have been reported in Nepal or elsewhere. “I’m climbing Everest in the winter by myself and…looks like basically I’m the only mountaineer there, in the base camp there’s nobody,” Kobusch told Reuters in a video call.His expedition organizing company, Satori Adventure, said Kobusch had left the base camp and was descending to Namche Bazaar on Wednesday on the way to Kathmandu.
No damage has been reported to Shigatse’s Tashilhunpo monastery, state media reported, founded in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama.Tibetans in India taking part in a candle light vigil for earthquake victims in New Delhi on Jan. 8, 2025.The 14th and current Dalai Lama has said he was deeply saddened by the quake, speaking from exile in India where he fled in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
Analysis shows a magnitude 5 to 6 quake could occur in the same area in the near future, Meng Hui, deputy head of Tibet’s earthquake administration, said at the news conference.
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