Hunt continues for missing Nepal avalanche victims If the deaths are confirmed, the toll of 12 victims would make it the deadliest avalanche on the Himalayas since 2005 when a powder-snow avalanche ploughed into a French expedition's base camp on Kang Guru, killing 18 people. Survivors said that they were woken by the sound of the wall of snow tearing down the mountain as they described a scene reminiscent of a "war zone." I woke up to a huge roar ... Then the avalanche came down and crushed our tents. We were swept 100 metres down with our tents - others were carried 300 metres," Andreas Reiter said from his hospital bed in Kathmandu where he is being treated for spinal injuries. I was not buried under the avalanche, I was carried with it. It was very high and so many tents were falling down. But I couldn't move and couldn't help people who were screaming for help and dying," the 26-year-old German said. District police chief Basanta Bahadur Kunwar said five mountaineers had been airlifted from among 13 survivors at Manaslu base camp Sunday and were being treated in Kathmandu. Eight of the dead have been identified, Nepal tourism board spokesman Sarad Pradhan said. Four were French, one a Nepali mountain guide, one a Spaniard, one German and one Italian. Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain in the world, is considered one of the most dangerous, with scores of deaths in recent years and just a few hundred successful ascents.