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At least nine members of a family were killed after an avalanche buried their home in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Heavy snowfall disrupted life across several regions, blocking roads, cutting power and worsening extreme cold conditions.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said 16 of 57 workers trapped under avalanche in Chamoli have been rescued

A fully developed avalanche can weigh up to one million tonnes and reach speeds of up to 320 km per hour.

One soldier was killed while three others are missing after a training team of the Indian Army was caught in an avalanche

The death toll from Sunday's avalanche in the French Alps rose to six, including two mountain guides

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 […]

The unidentified body was recovered from the avalanche site, District Disaster Management Officer NK Joshi said.

Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar said a total of 430 BRO workers were at the road construction site when the avalanche occurred on Friday.

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.