Uttarakhand avalanche: At least 10 dead and dozens missing in Indian Himalayas- PublishedAt least 10 people have been killed and many more are missing after an avalanche struck a team of mountaineers high in the Indian Himalayas.It said they had been returning from Mount Draupadi Danda-2 (5,670m; 18,602 feet) when the avalanche struck.Search efforts were paused overnight because of rain and snowfall but resumed on Wednesday.Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar told ANI news agency that rescue teams could restart operations as the weather had cleared up.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter: "Deeply anguished by the loss of precious lives due to landslide which has struck the mountaineering expedition carried out by the Nehru Mountaineering Institute in Uttarkashi.""