Nearly 900 hikers, guides and staff trapped by a fierce snowstorm on Mount Everest’s Chinese side have reached safety, officials said, as severe weather hit several parts of western China over the weekend.

Those rescued included guides, yak herders and trekkers, who were trapped in a heavy snowstorm that began on Friday.

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday.

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About a dozen hikers were escorted to a meeting point with the help of local teams carrying food, medicine, heating and oxygen supplies.

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Hundreds of hikers have been guided to safety in Tibet after becoming trapped over the weekend by heavy snowfall.