On October 16, 2025, in the Karakoram Range near the Pakistan-China border, a massive avalanche thundered down the Himalayas, ...
Mountaineers at the G1/G2 Base Camp in the Karakoram Range near the Pakistan-China border captured the terrifying moment a massive avalanche thundered down the mountain. The wall of snow rushed toward ...
The 29-year-old climber was hung suspended on a near-vertical ice wall, his crampons loosely gripping the frozen slope. Why?
The report, Enhancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Resilient Settlement in the Himalayan Region, notes that Himalayan ...
Even at the best of times, Dhaulagiri can be avalanche-prone. But now, after a huge dump of snow, climbers will need to ...
"I was so lucky to get out," a hiker tells the BBC after being caught in two days of unusually heavy snow in the Himalayas.
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Bhadra Sharma

Bhadra Sharma is a journalist covering South Asia focusing on climbing, mountains, climate change, geopolitics and social affairs.
An avalanche occurred on Friday from the Kuber Bhandar glacier near Badrinath in Uttarakhands Chamoli district, reaching the upper reaches of the Kanchenjunga river. No casualties were reported, an ...
ISLAMABAD - A security official says an avalanche has buried 130 Pakistani soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India. The incident happened early Saturday on the Siachen Glacier, where thousands ...
Prayer flags frame a rescue helicopter as it ferries the injured from Everest Base Camp on April 26, 2015, a day after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake devastated the camp.
American Glen Plake, a survivor of a weekend avalanche at Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas arrives at the Tribhuwan domestic airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Rescuers have so far ...