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The Galtür avalanche occurred on 23 February 1999 in the Alpine village of Galtür, Austria. At 50 m (160 ft) high and traveling at 290 km/h (180 mph), the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, 31 people had died.
The Alpine Avalanche is a weekly newspaper based in Alpine, Texas, United States, and covering Brewster County. It has local news stories and advertisements, and it has almost no coverage of news outside of the area. In 1982, its circulation was 4,850, with vendor/counter/dealer sales being 2,196. [3]
Altogether, it constituted the greatest number of deaths caused by snow/ice debris from avalanches in history. When including all avalanche-related deaths (this includes mud and rock slides triggered subsequently by an avalanche), White Friday is the second-worst avalanche-related disaster recorded, after the 1970 Huascarán avalanche. [7]
Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in her home country of Switzerland on Monday. Hediger, 26, was caught in an avalanche while "freeriding," also known as snowboarding ...
Avalanche path with 800 metres (2,600 ft) vertical fall in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington state. Avalanche paths in alpine terrain may be poorly defined because of limited vegetation. Below tree line, avalanche paths are often delineated by vegetative trim lines created by past avalanches.
Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, who represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, died in avalanche Monday, according to the country’s ski federation. She was 26.
Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States: United States: 1910: 17 90: 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche [7] Japan: 1922: 18 84: 1938 Unazuki avalanche [8] Japan: 1938: 19 81: Pragelato: Italy: 1904: 20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches: Austria: 1954: 21 70: Frassino avalanche: Italy: 1885: 22 65
Dec. 9: Avalanche land Mackenzie Blackwood in goalie trade with Sharks. The Colorado Avalanche's season-opening goaltending tandem of Alexandar Georgiev and Justus Annunen is out after a subpar start.