Eight still missing near Kedartal after avalanche; two helicopter searches fail

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Eight people, seven trekkers and their guide, are still unaccounted for in Uttarkashi's Kedartal area three days after an avalanche cut off their route back. Two helicopter search flights on Sunday did not locate the group or their tents. Heavy snowfall and the risk of further avalanches are complicating rescue efforts. A State Disaster Response Force mountaineering team with specialised equipment has been sent to the site. The trekking agency says the rescue started late and that its own team turned back about a kilometre short of the tents.

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