Search continues for missing guides in Everest avalanche

The search for three missing Sherpa guides on Mount Everest has resumed after 13 were killed by an avalanche. The avalanche struck around 06:45 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in an area known as "popcorn field", just above Everest base camp at 5,800m (19,000ft). The Sherpa guides had climbed up the slope early on Friday morning to fix ropes for climbers and prepare the route for mountaineers. The incident is the deadliest accident on the world's highest mountain. Madhusudan Burlakoti, chief of the ministry's tourism industry division, told the BBC that several mountaineers along with high-altitude doctors are involved in the search. He said three seriously injured climbers that were rescued from the mountain are still receiving medical treatment in Kathmandu, according to BBC.