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Oct. 6, 2025, 5:35 AM EDTBy Mithil Aggarwal and Larissa GaoChinese rescuers were on Monday rushing to evacuate hundreds of hikers stranded on the eastern slope of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, after heavy snowfall blanketed campsites over the weekend.Nearly 350 hikers have already traveled to safety at a rendezvous point in the small township of Qudang, according to state broadcaster CCTV, with rescuers also in contact with the remaining over 200 hikers who “will gradually arrive at the rendezvous point.”Local news outlets had initially reported that nearly 1,000 people had been affected by the blizzard. Local rescue officials were not immediately available for comment on the discrepancy in numbers.No casualties were reported, according to local media. Trekkers leaving their campsite as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas on Sunday.Geshuang Chen / via Reuters“About one-third into the trek, it began to rain and the rain kept getting heavier,” Chen Geshuang, a 28-year-old astrophotographer who began climbing Saturday afternoon but decided to retreat Sunday, told NBC News in an online video interview. “Later, it turned into sleet, and eventually a full-on blizzard.”Some hikers shoveled snow out of their tents amid the blizzard, while others waded in a line through the snowstorm in poor visibility, social media videos verified by NBC News showed.The hikers had been trapped at nearly 16,000 feet, according to a report in Jimu News, which added that local villagers and rescue teams had been deployed to clear the roads blocked by snow. Everest Base Camp.Yulia Y / Getty ImagesAt 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is considered the world’s tallest mountain when measured from sea level.The unusually intense snowfall began Friday night and continued through Saturday in the Gama Valley of Tingri County in the autonomous region of Tibet, “disrupting the itineraries of some tourists hiking in the area,” CCTV said.Within hours, some of Chen’s team were exhibiting signs of mild hypothermia and cold stress, she said. By Saturday night, the storm intensified with lightning almost every minute. “It was a nerve-wracking night,” she said. “When we woke up this morning, the snow was extremely deep— about one meter, reaching up to our thighs.”The group decided to retreat, arriving at the foot of the mountain Sunday evening. Neighboring Nepal was also hit with heavy rainfall, where at least 44 people were killed from landslides and floods. The severe weather event occurred as more than 299 million people were expected to travel regionally on Sunday due to a weeklong national holiday that included China’s National Day last week and the Mid-Autumn Festival on Monday, CCTV said in a separate report.Ticket sales and entry to the Everest Scenic Area was suspended late Saturday, according to notices on the official WeChat accounts of the local Tingri County Tourism Company.Mount Everest is called Mount Qomolangma in Chinese, and it stretches along the border of Tibet and Nepal, and climbers from both countries attempt to scale the peak along different slopes.While the Nepalese side has seen a boom in Everest-related tourism and significant investment, the Tibetan side is especially remote. Mithil AggarwalMithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.Larissa GaoLarissa Gao is an associate social newsgathering reporter based in London.Reuters and Peter Guo contributed.

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Chinese rescuers were on Monday rushing to evacuate hundreds of hikers stranded on the eastern slope of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, after heavy snowfall blanketed campsites over the.

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Oct. 5, 2025, 8:16 PM EDTBy Andrew GreifThe longest active losing streak in the NFL came to an end Sunday.All it took was scoring one of the wildest, unlikeliest touchdowns of the season.Trailing by as much as 21-3 in Week 5 on the road against the Arizona Cardinals, the Tennessee Titans had pulled within 21-12 with less than five minutes left when Cam Ward, the No. 1 pick in last spring’s NFL draft, let loose a pass toward the end zone. Ward’s pass was tipped, then intercepted by Arizona’s Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at the 6-yard line — and from that moment on, the play went from a straightforward turnover that might have sealed a badly needed win for Arizona into a comedy of errors that tilted the game toward Tennessee.While he was falling to the ground, trying to steady himself after the pick, Taylor-Demerson fumbled. A teammate, Kei’Trel Clark, ran in to recover the loose ball but inadvertently kicked it backward to the 3, where it caromed farther off two other Cardinals defenders into the end zone. Tennessee’s Tyler Lockett dived on the ball for a stunning touchdown that brought the Titans within 21-19. The Titans went on to win, 22-21, with a field goal on the final play of regulation, to complete a comeback that would have been memorable for any team — the Titans at one point had the lowest average win probability of any winning team since 2016, per the NFL — but particularly improbable given it was this team. Tennessee entered Week 5 with ignominious distinction. Its 10-game losing streak, dating to last season, was the longest active winless streak in the league. If it lost again and extended it to 11, it would have matched the franchise’s longest losing streak since 1994. And Ward, 0-4 to start his career, was trying to avoid becoming the latest member of an exclusive club — joining eight other QBs drafted No. 1 overall to start their careers 0-5. Tennessee left the game with catharsis. Arizona, meanwhile, left with a familiar dread. All five of the Cardinals’ games this season have been decided on the final possession — including three straight losses. Andrew GreifAndrew Greif is a sports reporter for NBC News Digital. 

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The longest active losing streak in the NFL came to an end Sunday

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