Nepal: Heavy snowfall on mountains kills 16

Nearly 170 people were trekking along the Annapurna route when a snowstorm hit; Nepal authorities: 60 people rescued, unknown number still missing; Israel's MFA is looking into the reports. Twelve more bodies were recovered in Nepal's central mountains Wednesday, taking the death toll from a heavy snowfall to 16, including three Israelis, according to local authorities.  ‘We recovered 12 more bodies, out of which eight are Nepalis, one Vietnamese, two Israeli and one Polish,’ said Baburam Bhandari, the chief officer of Mustang district, where the incident occurred. Earlier, two Poles, one Israeli and a Nepali were confirmed dead by local authorities. Meanwhile, four Israelis, five Germans, four Polish citizens and a Nepali had been rescued, according to Bhandari, according to haaretz.com