New Delhi
CNN
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Seven vacationers had been killed and 13 others injured in a significant avalanche in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim, native police mentioned Tuesday.
A few of the survivors had been in important situation and rescue operations are ongoing, senior police official Tenzing Loden Lepcha instructed CNN.
The avalanche came about close to the Nathu La mountain cross and struck a highway connecting Nathu La and the state capital Gangtok.
Lepcha instructed CNN that avalanches had been uncommon right now of yr, and blamed unseasonal rain and snow within the space.
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