Avalanches disrupt efforts to rescue bodies from landslide-hit Nepal village

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KATHMANDU, Sha'ban 29, 1436, June 16, 2015, SPA -- Fresh avalanches are disrupting efforts to recover dead bodies from a remote village in Nepal where more than 100 foreign trekkers and villagers are believed to be buried by a landslide set off by a devastating earthquake more than seven weeks ago, Reuters reported. Five soldiers were injured in fresh snow slides on Monday temporarily halting the operation for the victims, officials said on Tuesday. Authorities have so far recovered 193 bodies, including 22 foreigners from Langtang village, which was swept away by a massive torrent of air, snow and rock triggered by the first of two deadly earthquakes to hit Nepal in April and May. Pokharel said soldiers and police personnel were still looking for 106 people unaccounted for, including at least 20 people from countries in Europe, the United States, Australia and Canada. The earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 killed 8,789 people and injured 22,000 others making this the country's worst disaster on record. --SPA 12:03 LOCAL TIME 09:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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