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Rescuers spent a second day searching Himlung Base Camp in Manang district and recovered the bodies of two more workers. That brings the number of bodies recovered to four. Rescue leader Mingma G. Sherpa said the recoveries make it clear…

It happened at night, without warning. A slab avalanche came down on Himlung Base Camp in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality, Manang, in the early hours of Sunday, burying tents where expedition support staff were sleeping. “It came very quietly, without…