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Image: The site of an avalanche that buried more than 130 people in a mountainous region of Pakistan

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The site of an avalanche that buried more than 130 people in a mountainous region of Pakistan is seen in this aerial photograph released by Pakistani authorities Sunday.

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updated 4/9/2012 1:16:12 PM ET

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The search for some 139 people, mostly soldiers, buried in 80 feet of snow by an avalanche in a mountainous area of northern Pakistan is being hampered by bad weather, according to the U.S. Embassy.

A Pakistani military official told NBC News Monday that so far not "a single body" had been recovered, two days after the avalanche struck Saturday morning.

More than 200 Pakistani soldiers are involved in the rescue effort in Gayari, Siachen, deep in the Himalayan mountains at an altitude of about 15,000 feet.

An eight-member U.S. technical team arrived in Pakistan on Sunday, but were still in the capital Monday.

Image: Pakistan's General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani (second right) visits the Siachen area during the search operation for more than 130 people buried in an avalanche

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Pakistan's General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani (second right) visits the Siachen area during the search operation for more than 130 people buried in an avalanche.

"The U.S. expert team is still in Islamabad. Inclement weather and snow fall are hampering the efforts," a U.S. Embassy spokesman told NBC News.

Pakistan army hopes miracle will save avalanche victims

A team of experts from Germany arrived Monday.

Avalanche buries scores of Pakistani soldiers

Teams are reportedly working in freezing temperatures and in treacherous terrain in an attempt find any surviving comrades buried under the snow.

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Pakistani schoolgirls who were displaced from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, chant prayers at a school on the outskirts of Islamabad on Jan. 3 for five female teachers and two aid workers who were killed by gunmen. Gunmen killed the teachers and aid workers in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center on Jan. 1. (Muhammed Muheisen / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
An injured man receives treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Jan. 1, 2013. A bomb exploded in a crowded area of the southern port city, killing at least one person and wounding 21. (Athar Hussain / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation