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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about avalanche, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 878 stories have been published about avalanche which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about avalanche, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 878 stories have been published about avalanche which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Joe Biden · AlabamaPresident Biden appeared to stumble once again while attempting to board Air Force One, marking the second time the 80-year-old president has been caught on camera having trouble climbing the stairs to his plane in less than two weeks.
Joe Biden stumbles on steps of Air Force One for second time in two weeks
69% Right coverage: 13 sources
Avalanche · BendA backcountry skier in was killed by an avalanche in the Three Sisters Wilderness area. A skier told Deschutes County 911 he and a friend were skiing in the caldera at Black Crater when an avalanche was triggered. The callers friend was caught up in the avalanche and no longer visible and possibly injured.
Skier dies in avalanche near Bend
64% Center coverage: 14 sources
Avalanche · British ColumbiaThree German tourists from Bavaria killed in avalanche near Invermere, B.C. Four people were injured in the slide, including a guide. Backcountry skiing carries an inherent risk, but this ski season has been especially tough. A warm start to the season followed by extreme cold and rain has led to unstable snowpack.
3 German skiers die in avalanche in British Columbia mountains
75% Left coverage: 4 sources
US & Canada · New HampshireRJ Phipps was hiking up Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington over the weekend with his wife when he took out his camera to shoot a snowboarder and skier. The unidentified skier was able to scramble to the side of the avalanche on Saturday while the snow boarder appears to almost surf the avalanche down the mountain. Both people escaped injury. A backcountry skier from Vermont died in February 2021 following an avalanche on Mt. Washington.
Snowboarder caught on video escaping New Hampshire avalanche
71% Center coverage: 27 sources
US & Canada · InvermereAn avalanche that struck southwest of Invermere, B.C., on Wednesday killed three skiers and injured four others, authorities have confirmed.
3 skiers killed, 4 injured in avalanche near Invermere, B.C.
53% Left coverage: 30 sources
Evacuations · Olympic ValleyThe avalanche was about 200 yards wide and 25 feet deep and engulfed the first two stories of a three-story apartment building in Olympic Valley. All occupants were uninjured and able to evacuate the building with help from fire crews. Tahoe Nordic used K9 units to search for possible victims Tuesday night, but so far no injuries have been reported.
Avalanche slams into Olympic Valley apartment building; No injuries reported
Coverage: 13 sources
US & CanadaAvalanches are caused by fresh snow paired with high winds drifting new slabs of snow over buried, weak layers. Most of the fatal accidents in Colorado happen in those mid-levels of the danger scale, moderate or considerable. On average, six people die in avalanches in Colorado every year.
Two skiers killed in Colorado avalanche
50% Left coverage: 14 sources
AvalancheThere are no immediate plans to recover the bodies of three people killed Monday in an avalanche on a Washington mountain. Conditions near the end of the week were still too hazardous to send crews up Colchuck Peak. Seong Cho, 54, of West Hartford, was killed, along with Jeannie Lee and Yun Park.
Body of 1 Washington state avalanche victim recovered
50% Center coverage: 14 sources
