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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 China's 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.