NEW : Five people are missing after an avalanche near Mount Dhaulagiri , police say . 12 trekkers died in the popular army region , near the highest point of a 2014 trek . Then , a bruising avalanche of ice swept 16 Sherpas to their deaths . The victims include Five Poles , an Israeli and a Nepali ; 8 more are buried under snow . Five more trekkers -- 12 Poles and an Indian -- died in remote Manang district .
NEW : Five people are missing after an avalanche near Mount Dhaulagiri , police say . 12 trekkers died in the popular army region , near the highest point of a 2014 trek . The victims include Five Poles , an Israeli and a Nepali ; 8 more are buried under snow . Five more trekkers -- 12 Poles and an Indian -- died in remote Manang district .