Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit Nepal
A month after mass catastrophic flooding, around 30 people have died in landslides and heavy rain.
Australian Andrew Graham and his guide Prem KC said they had to cross more than 15 landslides after they decided to return from Manang village. "A few of them were quite dangerous, the residual risks have grown now."
The two got stuck when they reached the village of Chame, which had been evacuated due to the risk of landslides, and had to spend a night in the jungle, Graham said.
A massive landslide has partially blocked a river which passes through Chame, causing a temporary lake that has inundated houses and a key bridge. Authorities have been trying to release the water for the past three days using excavators but have not been very successful, locals told the BBC.
Meanwhile, trekking guide Tse Ring Doma said she and her group had to cross 28 landslides. The mental stress was more difficult than the physical challenge, she said, given the fresh memory of last month's enormous disaster: "Even thunder would make us run and come out to see if anything was coming our way."
Her client, Norwegian Ellen Wahlström, said visitors were fortunate - they would only have to leave some of their items behind, while locals risked losing their houses and land. She added that authorities had been clearing many of the landslides "surprisingly fast".
