Search continues on Broad Peak for missing climbers following deadly avalanche

Search and rescue operations continued on Saturday on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan, where seven mountaineers remain missing following a devastating avalanche on Thursday.

The avalanche struck a ten-member international expedition led by former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja on the 8,047-metre mountain in the Karakoram range. Authorities and the Alpine Club of Pakistan confirmed that three bodies have been recovered from the site: Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy of Oman, Pur Bahadur Gurun of Nepal, and Mallory Geis of the United States.

Emergency teams resumed high-altitude search efforts on Saturday morning to locate the remaining seven expedition members, including Purja, after communication with the team was severed following the slide. Severe terrain and weather conditions present ongoing challenges to recovery operations on the peak.

Sources: BBC News, FAZ, Sweden Herald