The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, in the Haute-Savoie region, some 30 kilometers (almost 20 miles) southwest of Chamonix
The avalanche occurred on Tuesday around 12.20 pm. The six people succumbed to injuries in a nearby Army Hospital include 4 males, one woman and a child
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday released a list of 28 trainee mountaineers who went missing after being hit by a massive avalanche at a height of 17,000 feet at Draupadi Ka Danda-II peak in Uttarakhand‘s Uttarkashi district. The trainees were part of a 41-member team of mountaineers from the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering […]
Uttarkashi: Ten mountaineers were killed in an avalanche at Mount Draupadi Ka Danda – II peak in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday, officials said. A team of 34 trainee mountaineers and seven instructors from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was caught in an avalanche while returning, NIM Principal Colonel Amit Bisht said. Ten bodies were […]
New Delhi: The bodies of the seven soldiers, who went missing after their patrol along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district was hit by an avalanche, have been found, the Indian Army said on Tuesday. “Bodies of all seven individuals have been recovered from the avalanche site. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts […]
An avalanche on February 7 had caused large-scale damage to the project besides totally demolishing the Rishiganga hydel project at Raini village in Chamoli district.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said it is a matter of relief that the flow of the Alaknanda River beyond Nandprayag has become normal.
The avalanche hit the Army post near the Line of Control (LoC) at Roshan Post in Tangdhar area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district late on Tuesday night.