More Bodies Found in Tibet Avalanche, Death Toll Rises to 20

More Bodies Found in Tibet Avalanche, Death Toll Rises to 20
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Megok county, Nyingchi city, in China's western Tibet Autonomous Region, in this photo taken on March 28, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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BEIJING—More bodies were found Friday following an avalanche that buried vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, raising the death toll to 20, with eight people still missing.

Images from the scene at the exit of the tunnel, connecting the city of Nyingchi in Tibet’s southwest with an outlying county, showed about half a dozen backhoes digging through deep snow. Reports said around 1,000 rescuers had joined the effort.