双语新闻：尼泊尔圣母峰发生雪崩至少九人遇难 9 Killed in Mount Everest Avalanche

尼泊尔圣母峰（即珠穆朗玛峰）发生雪崩，造成至少九名本地向导死亡，几名向导获救，还有几人失踪。

尼泊尔旅游部一名官员说，所有遇难者都是舍尔巴向导，当时他们在为即将开始的登山季节做准备。

这位官员说，雪崩发生在当地时间星期五早上6点30分左右，地点是一个被称为“爆米花田”的区域。

这是世界第一高峰今年登山季节首次发生大雪崩。

自埃德蒙·希拉利和丹增·诺尔盖于1953年首次征服这座山峰以来，已有数千人成功登顶。将近250人在攀登过程中遇难。

An avalanche on Nepal's Mount Everest has killed at least nine local guides. Several other guides were rescued while others are still missing.

An official with Nepal's Tourism Ministry said all the dead were Sherpa guides working on the mountain in preparation for the start of climbing season.

The official said the avalanche occurred at around 6:30 a.m. ((0100 UTC)) Friday in an area called the "popcorn field."

The major avalanche is the first of the climbing season at the world's highest peak.

Thousands of climbers have scaled the mountain since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first ascent in 1953. Nearly 250 people have died.