avalanche

Example Sentences

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The Nevada County Sheriff’s office reported that a group of 16 skiers encountered an avalanche in the Castle Peak area of Truckee around 11:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

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