AlHijjah 21, 1435, Oct 15, 2014, SPA -- Twelve more bodies were recovered in Nepal's central mountains Wednesday, talking the confirmed death toll from a heavy snowfall to 16, dpa cited authorities as saying. "We recovered 12 more bodies, out of which eight are Nepalis, one Vietnamese, two Israeli and one Polish," said Baburam Bhandari, the chief officer of Mustang district, where the incident occurred. Nearly 170 people were trekking toward the Thorang La pass along the well-travelled Annapurna route Tuesday when the snowstorm hit.
