Australian woman killed in Nepal

An Australian woman has died after an avalanche swept through Everest base camp.

Everest Base Camp.

Everest base camp. (AAP) Source: AP

An Australian woman has been killed in the deadly avalanche in Nepal, a trekking company says.

Trekking company Dreamers Destination says the body of Renu Fotedar is being taken to Kathmandu.

They did not confirm where she was from, but the ABC is reporting she was a mother of two from Melbourne.

A representative of Dreamers Destination said Ms Fotedar's body had been recovered.

"She's on the way to Kathmandu right now," he told AAP on Monday.

"She's from Australia."

Ms Fotedar's LinkedIn profile says got a degree from the University of Wollongong in 1999 and ran businesses in Victoria from 2005 to 2012.

According to her profile she has been living in Switzerland for three years.

The Red Cross listing of missing people says Ms Fotedar was 48, and had been living in Montreux before the quake.


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