Avalanches and Landslides

Colorado avalanche: 'There was no one left unburied to hear him'

2013-04-25 06:35:00

This is not a guided event, the organizers had warned, in small letters, at the bottom of an advertisement. Don't forget to bring your brain. The six men headed out separately from the main group participating in the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry...

Landslide forces San Bernardino County couple from hillside home

2013-04-23 12:52:00

A San Bernardino County couple had to evacuate their home Tuesday when a freak landslide swept away part of the hill under the structure. A giant section of earth -- about 30 feet wide, 15 feet long and 150 feet deep -- collapsed beneath a Grand Terrace...

Colorado avalanche kills five snowboarders

2013-04-20 16:36:00

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon in a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said. Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger said in a statement that six snowboarders were caught in the...

5 snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche

2013-04-20 22:01:00

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said. Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide,...

5 snowboarders die in Colorado backcountry avalanche

2013-04-20 18:37:00

Five snowboarders died in a backcountry avalanche Saturday afternoon �about 60 miles west of Denver, authorities said. A group of six snowboarders started out at Loveland Pass,�which is �just short of 12,000 feet in elevation, but got no more than a...

1 dead, 1 missing in avalanches near Washington's Snoqualmie Pass

2013-04-15 12:57:00

SEATTLE — It was a deadly weekend in Washington’s Cascade mountains, where a pair of avalanches in popular hiking areas near Snoqualmie Pass left one woman dead and another man missing. Rescuers were unable to resume the search Monday in...

Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche

2013-04-13 09:00:00

An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported. A co-worker last heard from 34-year-old Craig...

Pacific Coast Highway reopened after landslide in Pacific Palisades

2013-03-22 07:43:35

Whidbey Island residents looking for 'new normal' after landslide

2013-03-29 10:38:00

Just days after a massive landslide changed the topography of Whidbey Island in Washington state, residents are coming to grips with the idea that change is part of life. They have had community meetings in recent days since the slide pushed an...

Landslide closes northbound PCH near Santa Monica

2013-03-21 07:03:27

St. Francis Dam collapse

2013-03-12 00:54:22

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2013-03-01 22:24:37

The Avalanche celebrate a goal by Jamie McGinn against goalie Corey Crawford to give the Avalanche a 5-1 lead in the second period.

2013-03-08 00:00:00

A local road is blocked by mudslide caused by typhoon Saola in Hsintien district, the New Taipei City. Taiwan warned that approaching Typhoon Saola was likely to bring heavy rains and trigger landslides on the island after it killed eight people in the Philippines.

2012-07-31 00:00:00

People gather in front of the portraits of Pakistani soldiers victims of an avalanche, during a ceremony in Peshawar on May 30, 2012. Pakistan on May 29, 2012 declared dead 140 people buried alive by a huge avalanche.

2012-05-30 11:58:00