Pokhara, Jan. 20 -- Seven people-four foreign tourists and three Nepali high altitude workers-have gone out of contact in the Annapurna Base Camp area since Friday. The area has been witnessing heavy snowfall for the past few days.

Four South Korean tourists-two men and two women-and three Nepali workers who were trekking in the Annapurna region have gone out of contact. Police suspect that they might have gone missing after an avalanche struck the Hinku area in Annapurna Rural Municipality-11 at around 11 am on Friday.

"Lee Min Su, Jong Pil Bong, Kim Sook Ja and Choi Hyo Won are the Koreans, and Wangdak Sherpa, Saroj Pariyar and Min Bahadur Tamang are the Nepalis who have been out of contact in the Annapurna region," said Ramesh Kumar ...