Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A tourism official said Saturday that four South Koreans and three Nepali tour guides are among seven people missing after an avalanche hit their trail on a Himalayan mountain in northwest Nepal.
The avalanche struck Friday near a base camp in the Annapurna region at an altitude of 10,600 feet, about 93 miles northwest of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, after heavy snowfall, officials said.