A deadly avalanche hit the city of Nyingchi in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday.
Chinese authorities have confirmed that the death toll in an avalanche in China's southern Tibet region has risen to 28 after eight more bodies were found in the area on Friday, according to local media. AA.
The search and rescue operation is almost complete, Chinese daily Global Times quoted local authorities as saying.
On Tuesday, the public security bureau in Nyingchi's Medog County said they received calls about an avalanche at an exit of the Doxong La Tunnel on the highway connecting Medog to Pai Village in Nyingchi's Mainling County at around 19:50 p.m. local time (1150 GMT), trapping people and vehicles.
Local authorities immediately sent 131 personnel and 28 vehicles to the scene overnight to rescue the victims.
