Seven people were missing after an avalanche in eastern Tibet on
Monday, local government reported on Tuesday.
The missing are members of a 29-people group of migrant workers
from south-west China's Sichuan province, who were heading to Medog
county from Bomi county on a coach. They left the coach after it
had driven 24 kilometers towards Medog County and continued their
journey on foot.
The avalanche occurred when they were 20 meters from the peak of
Gawalong Mountain at around 11 a.m.. A total of 14 people were
buried initially and seven managed to free themselves. The others
remained missing.
Bomi county government has sent a 60-people team to search for
the missing migrant workers.
Medog is the only county that has no highway access in
China.
(Xinhua News Agency December 5, 2007)