The search for survivors after a deadly blizzard in Nepal appears to be coming to an end, with rescuers now trying to recover the bodies of trekkers left trapped under layers of snow and ice.
A further 34 people who were stranded in the Himalayas have been rescued, according to local police, but their condition has not been disclosed.
Helicopters are revisiting badly-affected areas where bodies have been seen in another attempt to retrieve them.
The number killed in the snowstorm stands at 39, but is expected to rise.
A spokesman from the Trekking Agencies' Association said: "A team of experts dug through snow to recover bodies of two Indians in the Nar-Phu area. Ten bodies are [still] believed to be buried in that area."
Since Wednesday, 483 guides and trekkers have been rescued – 292 of them foreign nationals, according to the AFP news agency.
Some survivors are believed to be suffering from severe cases of frostbite, making limb amputations likely, say Nepalese officials.
Of the 34 rescued on Sunday, 17 people were Nepalese, 10 were German, five were Australian and two were Swedish.
They may have been a group attempting the same route as victims who perished in the snowstorm.
As a result the route has been closed by the government until further notice.
The incident is the worst mountain disaster in Nepal since 1995 when 42 people were killed in avalanches on Mount Everest.
The Foreign Office has said it is not aware of any British casualties but is working with authorities to account for every Briton thought to be in the area when the storm hit.
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