© SWNSBy some miracle nobody was injured
On October 26, trekkers and guides at the North Annapurna Base Camp watched in disbelief as a wall of snow tore loose and began its descent.
It had been perched around 4,100 metres up on the mountain's northern side in Nepal's Myagdi District.
Within seconds, the white cascade gathers speed, transforming into a colossal cloud of snow and ice that hurtled toward the camp.
"It was like watching a storm fall from the sky," one witness said.
In moments, visibility drops to zero as the avalanche swallows the base camp whole.
Tents quickly vanish beneath a wall of powder.
Those at the site brace themselves against the violent blast of wind and debris.
"We could feel the pressure hit us before we even saw the snow," another trekker recalled.
When the chaos eventually subsides, silence falls across the mountain.
The camp lays buried under a thick blanket of snow.
Miraculously, everyone survived without injury.
This avalanche is the latest in a series of deadly incidents across the Himalayas and beyond.
In March, tragedy struck in India's Uttarakhand state when an avalanche buried dozens of construction workers near Mana village.
As many as 54 people were trapped under snow and debris, and eight lost their lives.
The three-day rescue mission was carried out in sub-zero temperatures as teams raced against time to reach those trapped in metal containers with dwindling oxygen supplies.
"At first we did not understand what was happening," recalled construction worker Anil.
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