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Stranded tourists evacuated after multiple avalanches trap 1,000 people in China

Rescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in north-western China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. The avalanches have blocked roads, stranding ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:31

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Seven tourists killed in Himalayan avalanche

An avalanche has swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in north-eastern India, killing at least seven and injuring 11. Rescuers were searching for at least 30 others, army spokesman Mahendra Rawat said. India’s Border Roads Organisation ...

04 Apr 2023 at 13:13

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Death toll rises from avalanche in French Alps

The death toll from an avalanche in the French Alps on Sunday has risen to six, including two mountain guides, local authorities said. The prosecutor’s office in Bonneville, in the Haute-Savoie region, said the body of a sixth person was found ...

10 Apr 2023 at 13:00

Family pays tribute as mother and son who died in French Alps avalanche named

Two people who died in an avalanche in the French Alps earlier this week were a mother and son from Manchester, their family have said. The pair have been named as Kate Vokes, 54, and her son Archie Vokes, 22, who died after the avalanche ...

31 Dec 2023 at 17:44

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Two skiers killed in Mont Blanc avalanche

An avalanche on Mont Blanc has swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured, while a hiker was killed on another slope in the French Alps, authorities said. The avalanche swept through an off-piste area of the ...

29 Dec 2023 at 11:08

British woman and son killed after Mont Blanc avalanche hits ski resort area

Two British skiers dead after Mont Blanc avalanche

A British woman and her son have died after an avalanche swept through an off-piste area of a French ski resort. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed it was supporting the family of two ...

29 Dec 2023 at 17:46

World

Avalanches kill nine in Italy and Austria as heavy snow hits Alps

Nine people died in avalanches in Austria and Italy over the weekend as heavy snow and school holidays drew skiers into the Alps. Some of the victims died after skiing in unmarked areas despite warnings of ...

05 Feb 2023 at 21:21

Storms hamper search for missing following glacier avalanche in Italy

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17 unaccounted for following glacier avalanche in Italy

Thunderstorms have hampered the search for more than a dozen hikers who remain unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks ...

04 Jul 2022 at 17:29

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Mountain glaciers ‘facing up to 80% reduction’ without cut in greenhouse gases

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges could lose up to 80% of their current volume this century without a sharp reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. The ...

20 Jun 2023 at 11:34

Death of mother and son in avalanche was a ‘tragic accident’, inquest told

A mother and son caught in an avalanche in the French Alps while skiing were killed in a “tragic accident”, an inquest has heard. Katharine Vokes, 54, known as Kate, and her 22-year-old son Archie ...

27 Nov 2024 at 12:43

National News

BREAKING: Irish woman killed in avalanche on Argentinian mountain, reports claim

An Irish woman was killed in an avalanche on a mountain in west Argentina on Wednesday, according to local reports. Argentine news site La Nacion reported that the Irish tourist on a skiing trip ...

05 Sept 2024 at 12:04

Avalanche survivor marks 10 years since Nepal quake by scaling 446 UK mountains

A survivor of the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is marking 10 years since the incident by scaling 446 mountains across England and Wales. Adventurer Alex Staniforth was 19 when he ...

21 May 2025 at 08:00

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