An avalanche is a natural disaster that occurs when a huge amount of snow, ice, and debris rapidly move down a slope, tending to have disastrous effects. To understand the impact of such disasters ...

On March 2, 2025, a devastating avalanche at the Border Roads Organisation camp in Uttarakhand killed at least eight people and left many injured. Despite challenging weather conditions and ...

The unfortunate event occurred when two groups of heli-skiers were gathered in a staging area below the tree line of the Clute Creek watershed after engaging in skiing activities on the east side of ...

Avalanche claimed the lives of two persons including a child in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said Saturday. The natural disaster took ...

Sydney hailstorm was a transformative moment for emergency disaster response and highlighted the immense costs of extreme weather.

A huge avalanche that killed eight people and buried ... Experts pointed to extreme weather effects from climate change to explain the disaster which struck India's Uttarakhand state on Friday.

The avalanche hit the BRO camp in Chamoli district between 5.30 am and 6 am on February 28, trapping 54 workers. While 46 of them were rescued alive, eight were found dead.

Chamoli's District Magistrate, Sandeep Tiwari, informed that the last body retrieved from the avalanche site yesterday has been brought to Joshimath today. The final corpse recovered from the ...