#Avalanche Safety
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🇬🇧 Final missing Lake Tahoe skier found dead 5 days after avalanche
[United Kingdom]
Authorities released the names of the six women and three guides who died in the worst avalanche in state history.
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🇺🇸 Nine Bodies of Skiers Recovered in Sierra Nevada Avalanche, Officials Say
[USA]
A ninth victim who had been missing was found and recovered, officials said Saturday, from an avalanche that was the deadliest in modern California history.
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🇺🇸 Crews recover bodies of 9 backcountry skiers killed in Lake Tahoe avalanche
[USA]
A Black Hawk helicopter on Saturday flew to the snowy, mountainous region of the California's Sierra Nevada where a fatal avalanche struck this week, amid an ongoing effort to make the area safe enoug...
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🇬🇧 ‘They were mothers, wives, friends’: how a ski trip turned deadly in the California mountains
[United Kingdom]
<p>A picture is emerging of one of the worst avalanche disasters in US history, and the women among a tight-knit group of friends who died</p><p>The ringing of a phone echoed through the Nevada county...
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🇬🇧 Avalanches kill five in Austrian Alps, officials say
[United Kingdom]
A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region's avalanche death toll this season to at least 21.
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🇺🇸 Questions over why ski group stayed on trip after avalanche watch issued
[USA]
An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California.
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🇺🇸 Deadliest American avalanche in over 40 years kills 8, 1 still missing
[USA]
A wall of snow the size of a football field collapsed suddenly on Tuesday over a group of 15 skiers, killing eight, with one still missing on Wednesday night. The rescue mission for the missing person...
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🇺🇸 Massive avalanche sweeps away skiers in California
[USA]
A frantic search is ongoing after an avalanche swept away more than a dozen skiers in California. CBS News' Matt Gutman has the latest.
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🇺🇸 Ten skiers missing, six stranded in California avalanche
[USA]
Related: #Mountain Rescue, #Winter Weather
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🇺🇸 Ten skiers unaccounted for after California avalanche
[USA]
Crews are working to rescue a group of 16 skiers who encountered an avalanche Tuesday in California. Ten of those skiers are unaccounted for while six are awaiting rescue.
Related: #Rescue Operations, #Winter Sports