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People remain missing, state media says, after Tuesday's disaster in south-eastern Tibet.

Uniindia: Beijing, Jan 21 (UNI) The search and rescue operation following an avalanche in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has ended and finalized the death toll at 28, the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported, citing local emergency services.

People were left trapped in their vehicles as falling snow engulfed the exit of a tunnel in the south-eastern city of Nyingchi on Tuesday evening.

The death toll from a snow avalanche in the district of Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has increased to 13 people

BEIJING (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed, eight were still missing after an avalanche in the city Nyingchi in Tibet, state media reported on Friday.

A total of 20 people have been confirmed dead and eight remain missing as of Friday noon after a deadly avalanche took place on Tuesday in the city of Nyingchi in Southwest China’s Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region.

Twenty eight people have been confirmed dead as of 5:30 pm on Friday after a massive avalanche took place on Tuesday in the city of Nyingchi in Southwest Chinas Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.

Vehicles were crushed under tonnes of snow and ice that collapsed on a highway tunnel.

It is unclear how many others are missing and hundreds of rescuers are at the scene.

At least eight people have been killed in an avalanche that struck a tunnel exit near the southeastern Tibetan city of Nyingchi on Tuesday night.