avalanche

Example Sentences

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Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.

From Barron's

Five people have been injured after a train derailed in southern Switzerland, in an incident that could have been caused by an avalanche, police say.

From BBC

The accident near the town of Goppenstein occurred as the region is under its second highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five.

From Barron's

Two British people and one French person have died in an avalanche in the French Alps on Friday.

From BBC

He was trapped at the bottom under about a meter of dense avalanche debris — which starts out fluffy but can quickly harden to the consistency of concrete.

From Los Angeles Times