He said stranded tourists could join homeless residents at shelters if they needed extra rations.

By that time, boat service was re-instated with the most affected areas to pick up stranded tourists.

A number of stranded tourists had to walk back to Skull and several failed to survive the trek.

There had been no plans for what to do with stranded tourists, and before long, the hotels were closing down.

In Reno, where the airport had been closed, flights resumed on Friday, taking stranded tourists home.

But in a statement, American Trans Air said it had no obligation to continue losing money on the stranded tourists.

Then an empty tram arrived to pick up the stranded tourists and continue on with the tour.

The airline drafted in all its available spare aircraft to airlift stranded tourists and refugees out of the shattered city.

Last night, 400 stranded tourists were airlifted from the mountain.

About half of the stranded tourists ended up in emergency shelters, while others fled the area or managed to get rooms at low-rate hotels downtown.