KATHMANDU: A South Korean rescue team searching for missing trekkers in Nepal with their drone technology that they had temporarily suspended the search operation due to adverse weather conditions.

“The weather is very adverse. It’s too cold to carry on the search operation. The temperature is between minus 18 to minus 24 degrees Celsius. There are continuous small avalanches. The search was abandoned as the condition is very difficult and dangerous,” said one of the rescue members.

Four South Korean trekkers and three Nepali guides are missing after being struck by an avalanche in northwest Nepal on January 17.