The frightening moment an avalanche thundered down a mountainside and slammed into a train traveling through the Swiss Alps was captured by a tourist. The dramatic incident unfolded on Feb. 17 near ...

A terrifying avalanche swept away skiers at a top French ski resort in the Alps on Tuesday (February 17). The avalanche occurred amid a severe Level 5 avalanche warning in the region. A rescue ...

The Mount Washington Avalanche Center is warning of dangerous conditions this week as new snow and stronger winds have increased the risk of avalanches. The warning comes after a video showed a skier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of Colorado's high country are seeing a spike in avalanche danger after a burst of spring snow and strong winds combined to ...

DENVER (KDVR) — When you live in close proximity to an area that is constantly under threat from natural disasters, like Oklahoma with tornadoes, California with earthquakes and Colorado with ...

SILVER VALLEY, Idaho - Snow has finally arrived in the Inland Northwest after a mild winter, but avalanche experts warn the conditions are dangerous. For many skiers and snowboarders, the backcountry ...

Three of the survivors of last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe were buried under the snow before being dug out by their fellow skiers in the moments after the disaster, according to an initial ...

Almost two months after a deadly Tahoe avalanche killed nine people in California on February 17, avalanche experts have published an official incident report on the tragedy. According to an analysis ...