Environment ❯ Natural Disasters

Avalanches

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Record Heat Triggers Utah Statewide Avalanche Advisory and Colorado Wet-Avalanche Alerts

Forecasters urge people to stay off steep slopes due to heat‑driven snowpack instability.

Pro Splitboarder Stratton Matteson, 28, Killed in Joffre Peak Avalanche

Three Injured in Two Big Cottonwood Canyon Avalanches After Sheriff Corrects Initial Fatality Report

Avalanche Derails Swiss Train Near Goppenstein, Injuring Five and Halting Service Between Goppenstein and Brig

Avalanche Derails Swiss Regional Train Near Goppenstein, Injuring Five

Swiss Alps Train Derails Near Goppenstein, Injuring Five as Avalanche Suspected

Avalanche Derails Train on Switzerland’s Frutigen–Brig Line, Injuring Several

Val d'Isère Avalanche Kills Three, Including Two Britons, Prompting Manslaughter Probe

Storm Nils Kills Three, Cuts Power to Hundreds of Thousands as Iberia Faces New Flooding

Italy Reports 13 Mountain Deaths in a Week as Backcountry Avalanches Spike

Three Off-Piste Skiers Killed in Italian Alps Avalanches Near Milano–Cortina Venues

Light Avalanches Briefly Close Atal Tunnel’s North Portal Route on NH-03

Two Killed in Back-to-Back Avalanches in Cervières, Hautes-Alpes

Avalanche Alerts Tightened Across Western Himalaya After Sonamarg Slide

Orange Avalanche Alert Holds for Three Southern Alpine Departments Until Midday Wednesday

Pennsylvania Road Reopens After Rare Avalanches During Winter Storm Ferm

Salzburg Prosecutors Open Probe Into Guide After Fatal Alpine Club Avalanche in Austria

Alps Avalanche Deaths Mount as Swiss Tourist Dies After Val d’Isère Fatality

Eight Killed in Three Austrian Alpine Avalanches Within Hours

Avalanche Roars Down Mount Elbrus, Engulfing Part of Ski Resort