Three people, including two British tourists, are killed in an avalanche near Val-d'Isère, France.
BBC News →Three people, including two British tourists, are killed in an avalanche near Val-d'Isère, France.
SKIERS BURIED IN IDAHO AVALANCHE
Spokane, Feb. 27.—A telephone message from Wallace, Idaho, states that twenty-five families, probably 150 persons in all, were buried under an avalanche tonight. A special train left at midnight for Wallace, carrying rescuers.
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Cascade Tunnel
The first was 2.63 miles (4.23 km) in length and opened in 1900 to avoid problems caused by heavy winter snowfalls on the original line that had eight zig zags (switchbacks). The current tunnel is 7.8 miles (12.6 km) in length...
Wikipedia →1954 Blons avalanches
The Blons avalanches took place in Austria in January 1954. Two big avalanches struck Blons within 9 hours, the second of which buried rescue workers who were attempting to save civilians from the first avalanche. The avalanches occurred over a two-day period beginning from 11 January 1954 and resulted in the death of 125 people, 57 of whom were killed specifically in Blons.
Wikipedia →1999 Galtür avalanche
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. It was considered the worst Alpine avalanche in 40 years.
Wikipedia →2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche
The 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche occurred in the northwest United States on February 19, 2012. It happened at about noon PST in the Tunnel Creek section of Stevens Pass, a mountain pass through the Cascade Mountains of Washington, at the border of King and Chelan counties. Three days before the avalanche occurred, a large snow storm dumped 32 inches (0.8 m) into Stevens Pass, which resulted in the unstable snow pack that was disrupted by skiers.
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