Around 1,000 tourists are currently stranded in a remote holiday village in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region due to avalanches, according to state TV reports. Hemu village, located near the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia, has been cut off by avalanches, making it difficult to evacuate the trapped tourists. The Altay Prefecture, where the village is situated, has experienced continuous snowfall for the past 10 days. Helicopters have been used to rescue some of the tourists, while others remain stranded. The heavy snowfall has caused avalanches along the highways in the Altay mountains, with snow reaching heights of up to seven meters in some areas. Clearing the buried roads has been challenging due to debris and tree branches mixed in the snow. The rescue and relief work has been further complicated by the rapidly changing weather conditions in the mountainous area. The authorities have deployed personnel and machinery for the rescue efforts, but it is expected to take some time to restore access to Hemu village.
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1,000 tourists trapped in remote Chinese village due to avalanches.
