At least 10 people have been killed and many more are missing after an avalanche struck a team of mountaineers high in the Indian Himalayas. The 34 trainees and seven instructors were practising navigation when they were hit on their descent from a peak in the northern state of Uttarakhand. The party was swept into a crevasse. Police now say 14 people have been rescued, while nearly 20 are missing. The Indian Air Force is helping with the rescue efforts. The group was made up of trainees from the nearby Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. It said they had been returning from Mount Draupadi Danda-2 (5,670m; 18,602 feet) when the avalanche struck. Authorities were alerted at around 09:30 local time (04:00 GMT) on Tuesday, rescue workers said.(BBC)…[+]