Nepal avalanche death toll rises to 25; about 70 still missing

Search and rescue teams have found the bodies of eight more trekkers killed in a series of blizzards and avalanches in central Nepal in recent days, raising the death toll to 25.

The figure is expected to rise, with about 70 people still missing along or near the popular Annapurna trail, according to Ganga Sagar Pant of the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal.