Last April, a powerful spring snowstorm swept across parts of the Alps, triggering dangerous avalanche conditions in multiple ...

On Tuesday, a powerful avalanche close to the Donner Summit north of Lake Tahoe claimed the lives of eight people — with another person still missing but presumed dead. The six women killed, whose ...

A Utah man is recovering from frostbite after surviving a deadly avalanche while descending Nepal’s Makalu mountain.

On May 11, 2026, a powerful powder avalanche from the Lho La pass slammed into Mount Everest’s South Base Camp, sending climbers scrambling for cover. Dramatic video shows a surging wall of snow ...

When a fatal avalanche happens, what's the process that officials use to analyze a particular event and learn from it? Officials are just starting to learn what happened at an avalanche that killed ...

Three of the survivors of last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe were buried under the snow before being dug out by their fellow skiers in the moments after the disaster, according to an initial ...

This is the moment an avalanche thundered down Mount Everest before swallowing a camp in wave of snow. The fast-moving ...

The families of those who died in the horrific avalanche near Lake Tahoe could sue their tour guide company for as much as $50 million, an attorney has claimed. But the grieving relatives are unlikely ...

BRIGHTON, Utah — Although an 11-year-old girl killed in an avalanche while skiing with her family was technically in a "backcountry" area, a new report shows how close the group was to being in-bounds ...

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