Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
The snowslide occurred Tuesday evening at the exit of a mountain tunnel in southeastern Tibet, trapping a number of people in their vehicles.
China's Ministry of Emergency Management sent a disaster response team to the region the following day."The search and rescue operation came to an end at 5:30 pm Friday," Xinhua said citing rescue authorities. The avalanche at the Duoxiongla Tunnel was"triggered by powerful winds and rising temperatures on Tuesday," experts from the local emergency rescue headquarters told Xinhua.In October, at least 26 people died when a mountaineering expedition was caught in an avalanche on Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II in India's northern state of Uttarakhand. - AP
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