article_snippet.sent: lives as a ‘tsunami’ of snow and ice triggered by tremors descended on Base Camp.
article_snippet.sent: : An avalanche appears to erupt in a cloud of snow and debris as An avalanche tears towards Everest Base Camp, where An avalanche ripped through tents with climbers still inside .
article_snippet.sent: As the freezing cascade tore down the mountainside in a terrifying explosion of snow and ice, a photographer captured the dramatic moment it headed straight for Base Camp at 17,700ft (5,380m).
article_snippet.sent: Base Camp was said to have borne the worst of the avalanche’s impact and mountaineer Alex Gaven tweeted that it looked like it had been hit by a ‘nuclear blast’.
article_snippet.sent: Others described seeing ‘car-sized boulders’ and a ‘50-storey building of white’ as the death toll thundered towards white’.
article_snippet.sent: The scene as Base Camp after the freezing cascade tore down the mountainside .
article_snippet.sent: British climber Nick Talbot, who was in the same group as Google executive Mr Fredinburg, told of the terrifying moment the avalanche hit ‘like a tsunami’.
article_snippet.sent: I saw this wall of snow and ice coming.
article_snippet.sent: Nepali cook Bhim Bahadur Khatari described digging Nepali cook Bhim Bahadur Khatari out of the avalanche, saying: ‘A huge wall of snow just piled on Nepali cook Bhim Bahadur Khatari.
highlights_snippet.sent: Survivors on Everest recall 'tsunami' of snow and ice triggered by quake .
  