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Meteorologists suggest climbers to descend to basecamps

Kathmandu, 17 May: Meteorologists have warned the climbers not to consider climbing at the challenging weather created by the effect of cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has suggested all the climbers not to climb above the base camp of the mountains they were preparing to summit until there would be improvement in the weather.

Urging for high precaution, the has cautioned that the cyclone was moving towards east from west and it would continue to impact the weather. More severe impacts on weather due to the cyclone is likely coming Thursday onwards. Those who are in the higher camps of the mountains are advised to descend and take shelter in the safer areas

Mountain climbing in various mountains in Nepal in the ongoing spring season has been adversely affected since Thursday due to the severe cyclonic storm formed over the Arabian Sea.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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