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Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...
Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the disaster and have lived with the memories ever since. Here’s the untold story ...
Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony ...
The Canadian Encyclopedia notes a rockslide can move up to 100 km/hr.
Sixty years ago this week, the northwest region of B.C. experienced the second-deadliest avalanche in Canadian history — the Granduc Mine disaster, which took the lives of 26 men. That compares ...
On May 28, an avalanche of millions of tons of ice and rock barreled down the slope, burying Blatten, a centuries-old village nestled in the valley below. Local authorities had already evacuated ...
Never in the history of the Swiss Alps has a glacier caused such destruction as the one that collapsed in stunning fashion on May 28. After a few days of ominous advances, coupled with rockslides ...
Sample Registration System reveals perplexing higher death rates among under-25s in India, contrasting with Civil Registration System data.
While Sheridan, Colorado is the most dangerous city in the state, the violent crime rate is less than that of Denver and ...