<p>The death toll from an avalanche that struck a road in mountainous <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/tibet" target="_blank">Tibet</a> this week has risen to 20, state television reported Friday.</p>.<p>The snowslide occurred Tuesday evening at the exit of a tunnel on a highway in southeastern Tibet, trapping a number of people in their vehicles.</p>.<p>China's Ministry of Emergency Management sent a disaster response team to the region the following day.</p>.<p>State media reported Friday that authorities had now placed the death toll at 20, with eight people still missing.</p>.<p>"At present, the rescue work is still ongoing," state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing rescue authorities.</p>.<p>The Duoxiongla Tunnel was shrouded in cloudy weather but it was not hindering rescue work, CCTV added.</p>.<p>Avalanches are common in the Himalayas, home to the world's highest mountains.</p>.<p>In October at least 26 people died when a mountaineering expedition was caught in an avalanche on Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II in India's northern state of Uttarakhand.</p>
<p>The death toll from an avalanche that struck a road in mountainous <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/tibet" target="_blank">Tibet</a> this week has risen to 20, state television reported Friday.</p>.<p>The snowslide occurred Tuesday evening at the exit of a tunnel on a highway in southeastern Tibet, trapping a number of people in their vehicles.</p>.<p>China's Ministry of Emergency Management sent a disaster response team to the region the following day.</p>.<p>State media reported Friday that authorities had now placed the death toll at 20, with eight people still missing.</p>.<p>"At present, the rescue work is still ongoing," state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing rescue authorities.</p>.<p>The Duoxiongla Tunnel was shrouded in cloudy weather but it was not hindering rescue work, CCTV added.</p>.<p>Avalanches are common in the Himalayas, home to the world's highest mountains.</p>.<p>In October at least 26 people died when a mountaineering expedition was caught in an avalanche on Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II in India's northern state of Uttarakhand.</p>