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| May 5, 2012 | Eight mountain climbers confirmed dead in bad weather in central Japan | | Tokyo: Stormy weather has led to the deaths of eight mountaineers belonging to different groups in the
Northern Alps in central Japan, local media reported Saturday. Police in central
Nagano Prefecture said a group of six men were found collapsed near Mt. Korenge
by a climber early Saturday. They were airlifted to a nearby village and confirmed
dead, Kyodo News reported. The men, possibly in their 60s and 70s, were not prepared
for the rain. They are believed to have died of hypothermia. Also on Saturday
morning, a woman was found unconscious on a path near the 2,670-meter Jiigatake
Peak . The 62-year-old climber was later confirmed dead. Police authorities in
central Gifu Prefecture also airlifted a group of six mountaineers who had lost
contact earlier on Saturday, but one of them died of hypothermia later. The rest
were also suffering from hypothermia but they are not in life-threatening condition,
local police said.
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