Avalanches
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Two New Zealand skiers killed and one rescued after Japan avalanche – video
Two New Zealanders, including a 21-year-old ski guide, have been killed in avalanche while backcountry skiing …
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Two New Zealand skiers killed after avalanche in Japan
Third person injured after small group were backcountry skiiing in Hokkaido on Mount Yotei when an avalanche s…
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Two die in avalanches on Shishapangma mountain in Tibet
American climber and Nepalese guide killed in attempt to scale world’s 14th tallest peakAvalanches have struck…
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Himalayan avalanches are increasing risk for climbers in warming climate
Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineeringAvalanches in…
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New Zealand climbers survive avalanche and blizzard, thanks to snow cave and muesli bars
The two men were at the end of a three-day trip in The Remarkables above Queenstown when they triggered an ava…
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British tourist captures avalanche sweeping over group in Kyrgyzstan – video
Ten people, including nine Britons, have survived after a huge avalanche swept over them in the Tian Shan moun…
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Photos from ‘beyond the grave’: camera discovery reveals climber’s last images before fatal avalanche
Two decades ago Richard Stiles escaped an avalanche in New Zealand, but friend Steve Robinson wasn’t so lucky.…
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Nepal avalanche: South Koreans among seven missing
Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are out of contact after an avalanche close to Annapurna base camp An ava…