Sources: Reuters
Nine people are killed in an avalanche in Chitral District, Pakistan, while eleven people are killed in a snowstorm in six provinces of Afghanistan. 2026-01-23
An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine. 2023-01-29
An avalanche on Mount Nasu in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, kills at least eight schoolchildren while the students were on a mountaineering excursion. There are three students and three teachers missing. 2017-03-27
An Italian rescue official says a number of people have been killed by an avalanche, possibly connected to Wednesday's earthquakes, that buried a ski resort on a slope of the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy's Abruzzo region. About 30 guests and staff were at the hotel. The only survivors are two men who had been outside when the disaster struck. 2017-01-19
Five people are killed in an avalanche that buried 17 Czechs in Austria. 2016-02-6
Seven mountain climbers die in an avalanche in the French Alps near the town of Pelvoux. 2015-09-15
The death toll from earthquake reaches 8000 as three earth tremors hit Nepal. Avalanches disrupt rescue efforts higher in the mountains. 2015-05-10
An avalanche causes one death and temporarily traps three others outside the boundaries of Vail Ski Resort on Vail Mountain in Colorado. 2014-01-8
Police clash with local residents who object to Italian government plans to build a European Union-funded rail link with France near their homes in the Italian Alps. The police intervention follows a peaceful candlelight nighttime prayer vigil featuring thousands of people. 2011-06-27
10 people are swept away in an avalanche in the southwestern Swiss Alps; with three reported deaths. 2011-04-1