WATCH: Dramatic moment avalanche hits Mount Everest base camp

A terrifying video has been loaded onto YouTube of the moment a group of climbers on Mount Everest were forced to run for their lives after the avalanche that was triggered by the massive earthquake that struck Nepal.

The video was captured by German Climber Jost Kobusch and posted online yesterday, and shows base camp in the moments before and after the avalanche that killed at least 18 people on Everest and injured dozens of others.