2 dead in Russian avalanche
Published: 25 March, 2008, 06:21
Two mountaineers have been killed and one injured in an avalanche in Russia's Far Eastern republic of Yakutia.
According to Aleksey Khlybov, Yakutia's Emergencies Ministry spokesperson, eight mountaineers were crossing a pass in Yakutia’s mountainous region when the avalanche struck.
The group called in rescuers and told them they had carried out a search themselves and found two of their friends dead and one injured under the snow.
They are waiting for a rescue service helicopter to evacuate them from the area.
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