Mount Everest Weather

A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the "world's highest weather station" on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.

The National Geographic Society has announced the successful installation of the world's highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain conditions, the media reported.

Nepal has denied accusations that the rise in the number of deaths of Mount Everest climbers is solely due to "overcrowding", adding adverse weather conditions also resulted in the deaths.

Close to 15 Indians are reportedly stranded in a region in Nepal, considered the gateway to the Everest region. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has intervened after some of the Indians sought her help on Twitter. The Indian embassy in Nepal said flights from Lukla, where there is a small mountain airstrip, are cancelled due to bad weather.

It was Ajeet Bajaj, a Padma Shri awardee and his daughter Deeya's first attempt at climbing the Everest and despite life-threatening challenges, extreme weather conditions and the arduous nature of the climb, they came back home feeling wonderful and proud.

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could not be moved due to bad weather, an official said Thursday.

High winds have delayed dozens of climbers trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a mountaineering official said today.

Mountain rescue teams, helped by clear weather, used helicopters to airlift climbers stranded for two days at high altitude on Mount Everest after a powerful earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed at least 17 people.

Bad weather frustrated efforts to rescue hundreds of climbers stranded on Mount Everest today, a day after an earthquake in Nepal triggered an avalanche in possibly the single deadliest incident on the world's highest peak.

Bad weather suspended searches Sunday on Mount Everest for three Nepalese Sherpa guides still missing after an avalanche killed 13 of their colleagues in the deadliest accident on the world's highest peak.

Hundreds of foreign trekkers stranded up to a week left the Mount Everest region Monday as fog and mist lifted and flights resumed at the area's only airport. As the visitors waited for the weather to clear, hotels in the village of Lukla were full and food supplies were running low. People slept in tents and hotel dining rooms. Some even walked do...

More than 1,000 foreign trekkers are stranded in the foothills of the world's highest mountain, Everest, in Nepal, after bad weather prevented planes taking off and landing at the area's only airport.

A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the "world's highest weather station" on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.

The National Geographic Society has announced the successful installation of the world's highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain conditions, the media reported.

Nepal has denied accusations that the rise in the number of deaths of Mount Everest climbers is solely due to "overcrowding", adding adverse weather conditions also resulted in the deaths.

Close to 15 Indians are reportedly stranded in a region in Nepal, considered the gateway to the Everest region. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has intervened after some of the Indians sought her help on Twitter. The Indian embassy in Nepal said flights from Lukla, where there is a small mountain airstrip, are cancelled due to bad weather.

It was Ajeet Bajaj, a Padma Shri awardee and his daughter Deeya's first attempt at climbing the Everest and despite life-threatening challenges, extreme weather conditions and the arduous nature of the climb, they came back home feeling wonderful and proud.

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could not be moved due to bad weather, an official said Thursday.

High winds have delayed dozens of climbers trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a mountaineering official said today.

Mountain rescue teams, helped by clear weather, used helicopters to airlift climbers stranded for two days at high altitude on Mount Everest after a powerful earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed at least 17 people.

Bad weather frustrated efforts to rescue hundreds of climbers stranded on Mount Everest today, a day after an earthquake in Nepal triggered an avalanche in possibly the single deadliest incident on the world's highest peak.

Bad weather suspended searches Sunday on Mount Everest for three Nepalese Sherpa guides still missing after an avalanche killed 13 of their colleagues in the deadliest accident on the world's highest peak.

Hundreds of foreign trekkers stranded up to a week left the Mount Everest region Monday as fog and mist lifted and flights resumed at the area's only airport. As the visitors waited for the weather to clear, hotels in the village of Lukla were full and food supplies were running low. People slept in tents and hotel dining rooms. Some even walked do...

More than 1,000 foreign trekkers are stranded in the foothills of the world's highest mountain, Everest, in Nepal, after bad weather prevented planes taking off and landing at the area's only airport.