KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepali officials said Monday that 52 bodies have been found in a remote valley where scores of Nepali and foreign trekkers had been reported missing after an avalanche following the massive April 25 earthquake.
Seven of the bodies retrieved by search teams in the past two days in Langtang valley are foreigners, although their nationalities were not immediately clear, said Gautam Rimal, the deputy chief of Rasuwa district in north-central Nepal.
At least two American citizens are believed to be among those missing in Langtang following the 7.8-magnitude temblor.
Some 350 people have been rescued alive from Langtang valley, Rimal said. Nepali authorities say that no additional people are thought to require rescuing, and they are focusing the search effort on people reported missing.
