Unseasonably cold with dire consequences. From the Toronto Star:
As deaths mount in Nepal disasters, questions about climate change raised
October is not typically the month for avalanches in Nepal. It is also not the time for blizzards. The fall month usually means clear skies and sunshine in the Himalayan country when thousands of foreigners climb its tall mountains.
Hikers were doing exactly that earlier this week when an avalanche and blizzard struck, killing at least 26 people, including four Canadians.
Still missing are 100 more trekkers. According to a Facebook page set up, there may be up to 32 Canadians whose family members have not been able to reach them since the avalanche struck.
The four Canadians and one Indian trekker were killed in Phu, Nepal, when an avalanche struck. Their bodies have been recovered, the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal said in a statement on Wednesday. Three of the Canadian victims were women from Quebec — a guide and two trekkers booked with the Montreal travel agency Terra Ultima, according to reports.
And it's not just October - more:
In April, an avalanche on Mt. Everest killed 16 Sherpas and resulted in a dramatically reduced number of expeditions to the world’s highest peak during the spring season.
“This is a bit early for avalanches in Nepal,” said Sanjay Nepal, a professor of geography at the University of Waterloo. “Even the avalanche in April wasn’t really . . . seasonal.”
The article then tries to spin it for global warming but has nothing concrete. As the evidence for cooling mounts...
