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Given to the expert local guides, were on one of the most dangerous stretches above base camp. its a passage way where huge boulders of ice overhang some bigger than houses. thats where on friday morning there was an avalanche that swept down over the sherpas who were trying to prepare the route for their international clients. climbers rushed to help, bringing the injured down. helicopters were brought in, but more bodies have been recovered than people rescued. many of the pictures youve been ...

Dominic has the latest efforts. >> reporter: this has shaken the world to its core. never seen an avalanche quite like this. what happened friday morning was a large chunk of ice broke off at around the 19,000 feet altitude mark. and it collapsed just below base camp. and this is according to blog accounts from climbers on the mountain. and it fell several hundred feet and collapsed on top of 30 sherpas who had been carrying equipment down the mountain. and they regularly do this. wi this is wha...

Book "into thin air." the entire 1996 climbing season is considered the deadliest in mt. everest to date, until today. 15 people died during that spring. todays avalanche may top that with a single blow. well get to steve live on this with more. good afternoon to you. what are the latest numbers as we understand them now? >> right now the numbers stand at 12 confirmed dead. al of those sherpas and nepali people usedded a guides. those bodies pull from the snow and ice today, but the toll could g...

Island. ron ronan, more sadness coming from this tragedy. >> incredibly bleak story. appreciate the update. another dramatic story is playing out in asia, this one in nepal, a dozen people are dead in the deadliest accident ever on mount everest, an avalanche killed 13 sherpa guides, three others rescued and two in critical condition. the avalanche hit just below base camp two nan area known as the popcorn field. the guides had gone out early to fix ropes ahead of the start of the popular climbi...

Welcome back to our piers in the united states and around the world. a look at the top stories this hour. as many as ten people missing after an avalanche on mount everest. the accident happened at high altitude just above the climbers base camp. the missing are sherpas or guide to have been setting ropes and preparing camps. just a short time ago divers managed to enter part of the whole of the south korean song and very. authorities are expecting to make significant progress today. 271 people ...

This could fall off into a civil war. bill: others are saying they are not optimistic. leeland vittert, donetsk, ukraine. >> reporter: what officials are calling the worst disaster to hit everest. an avalanche kill at least 12. >> reporter: this avalanche began on a main route up mount everest early friday morning. the victims so far 12 dead, bodies pulled from the snow and ice. those wer we sherpa guide who usually set up base camps for the foreign climbers. hes making a phone call from 20,000 ...

Ukrainian people who want the country to remain united and those who want to split away. regarding those people who are still occupying the buildings, were really waiting, watching to see what they do next after this agreement was thrashed out in geneva in those four-party talks yesterday. because the key points of that agreement are that weapons should be laid down and public buildings that are being occupied illegally should be vacated. so far, there has been no response from these occupying g...

Avalanche on mount everest, it is being called the worst accident ever. they were fixing ropes below camp two when the avalanche hit. nbc news crews were on site preparing for production for the discovery channel. all nbc news employees are safe. members of that production team spoke to the "today" show this morning from the base camp. >> our plan to was to leave last night along with the sherpas and we delayed for 24 hours so were still down here safe. but as you know, 13 sherpas died in the ic...

Great but it does give a flavor of the chaos after the situation of this tragedy. here is jeff brown. >> up here on base camp -- injured and several lost. so far they have flown down over 13 bodies in body bags. >> reporter: that witness at the scene jeff brown said he saw 13 body bags. so the number up isly 12 is likely to go up. these are the sherpa guide. also rescuers on foot to try to find some of the missing. >> reporter: there has been a lot of concern about crowding on the mountain in re...

Because of ocean currents and how the storms have been over the last few weeks. several hundred miles away from the bluefin. >> life for us, thank you. well have much more on the search for flight 370 later including a look at other technology that could be used to help find the missing aircraft. find out what this underwater vessel can do that the bluefin cannot. we will look into that coming up. this just in to cnn. news about mount everest. and a tragedy. ten people are missing and may have...