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List of avalanches by death toll

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This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches by death toll.

Death toll (estimate)EventLocationDate
1Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquakePeru
2title=Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I ragesurl=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soldiers-perish-in-avalanche-as-world-war-i-rageswork=This Day in Historydate=13 November 2009publisher=www.history.comaccess-date=2015-04-27}}Italy
3Huascarán avalanchePeru
42015 Afghanistan avalanchesAfghanistan
5Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanchesAustria-Switzerland-Italy
6(56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead)url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-10/death-toll-from-afghan-avalanches-rises-to-56/3881862title=145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanchepublisher=ABC Newsdate=2012-03-10}}Afghanistan
7Lahaul Valley avalancheIndia
82010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanchesAfghanistan
91918 Mitsumata village avalancheJapan
101918 Asahi village avalancheJapan
112012 Gayari Sector avalanchePakistan
12Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slideRussia
13Saint-Martin (Hautes-Pyrénées)France
142010 Kohistan avalanchePakistan
151992 Görmeç avalancheTurkey
16Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United StatesUnited States
171922 Hokuetsu Train avalancheJapan
181938 Unazuki avalancheJapan
19PragelatoItaly
2079 ( confirmed 22 presumed dead)1954 Blons avalanchesAustria
21Frassino avalancheItaly
22Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska)United States
231910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in CanadaCanada
241993 Bayburt Üzengili avalancheTurkey
25Møre og RomsdalNorway
26SiglunesiIceland
27La Giettaz (Savoie)France
Lenin Peak disasterKyrgyzstan
2014 Nepal snowstorm disasterNepal
301995 Gokyo avalancheNepal
312020 Van avalanchesTurkey
32Puente del Inca avalancheArgentina
331970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)France
34Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)France
35Ortiporio (Corsica)France
36Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)France
371999 Galtür avalancheAustria
38Rigopiano avalancheItaly
39url=https://vancouversun.com/story.html?id=6531331title=Rescue workers clear snow and debris after the Granduc mine avalanche near Stewart, B.C., in 1965 in which 28 people diedwork=Vancouver Sunpublisher=Vancouversun.comdate=2012-04-27access-date=2014-04-18}}Canada
2023 Nyingchi avalancheChina
392022 Uttarakhand avalancheIndia
40SeyðisfjörðurIceland
2017 Gurez sector avalancheIndia
42Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in RomaniaRomania
43last1=Beaumontfirst1=Petertitle=Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquakeurl=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/deadly-everest-avalanche-triggered-by-nepal-earthquakeaccess-date=2015-04-25work=The Guardiandate=2015-04-25}}Nepal
44Sogn og FjordaneNorway
LofotenNorway
46HnífsdalurIceland
1995 Flateyri avalancheIceland
48RybôSlovakia
491937 Nanga Parbat tragedyNepal
Low TatrasSlovakia
VassdalenNorway
2014 Mount Everest avalancheNepal
521972 Manaslu Nepal avalancheNepal
2023 Kharough avalancheTajikistan
531995 Súðavík avalancheIceland
541974 Neskaupstaður avalanchesIceland
High TatrasSlovakia
1999 Montroc avalancheFrance
Kaprun avalancheAustria
582009 Zigana avalancheTurkey
ManasluNepal
2022 Marmolada serac collapseItaly
2023 Astore avalanchePakistan
622009 Afghan avalanchesAfghanistan
63SeyðisfjörðurIceland
SiglufjörðurIceland
Cerro ventana avalancheArgentina
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanchePoland
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)France
RestelicaKosovo
url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/18/content_38902841.htmtitle=Avalanche buries 9 in Tibetdate=18 July 2016access-date=22 May 2020website=China Internet Center}}China (Tibet)
70Flathead Valley avalanchesCanada
Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
72Alpine Meadows (northern California)United States
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)Austria
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalancheCanada
Western TatrasSlovakia
76Oravska MaguraSlovakia
1970 Mount Everest disasterNepal
2009 Schalfkogel avalancheAustria
Valfréjus avalancheFrance
80Loveland Pass avalanche (Colorado)United States
2016 Geier avalancheAustria
822021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche (Utah)United States
1992 Moab Talking Mountain Cirque Avalanche (Utah)United States1992
831996 Mount Everest disaster{{cite weburl=http://outside.away.com/peaks/fischer/lopsangx.htmltitle = Lopsang Sherpa, two others killed on Everest
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalancheUnited Kingdom
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)United States
2019 Howse Peak avalancheCanada
2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)United States
2025 Chugach Mountains avalancheUnited States2025

References

References

  1. (October 1970). "The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study". [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]].
  2. (13 November 2009). "Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages". www.history.com.
  3. (2012-03-10). "145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche". ABC News.
  4. "The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History". scientificamerican.com.
  5. [[:ja:三俣の大雪崩]] '''(Japanese language)''' Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  6. [[Pierre Bernard Palassou]], ''Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacens'', Pau, imp. Vignancour, 1823
  7. [[:ja:北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故]] '''(Japanese language)''' Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  8. [[:ja:泡雪崩#歴史]] '''(Japanese language)''' Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  9. Henry Bordeaux. (1925). "Paysages romanesques des Alpes". Infobase Publishing.
  10. "Historical background of Lenin Peak. The first expedition to Lenin Peak".
  11. Lee Allyn Davis. (2008). "Natural Disasters". Infobase Publishing.
  12. "Tsunami en la montaña: A 40 años del alud que sepultó a dos pueblos - Diario los Andes".
  13. (2007). "Avalanche dynamics: dynamics of rapid flows of dense granular avalanches". シュプリンガー・ジャパン株式会社.
  14. Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, ''Dynamique des avalanches'', Cemagref, 2006, {{ISBN. 2-88074-648-5
  15. (2012-04-27). "Rescue workers clear snow and debris after the Granduc mine avalanche near Stewart, B.C., in 1965 in which 28 people died". Vancouversun.com.
  16. (2015-04-25). "Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake". The Guardian.
  17. Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin. (2015-04-25). "Devastating Nepal earthquake kills over 1,300, some in Everest avalanche". [[Reuters]].
  18. "90 rokov od najväčšej lavínovej tragédie na Slovensku". Horská záchranná služba (Stredisko lavínovej prevencie) [Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia (Center for Avalanche Prevention)].
  19. VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003, {{ISBN. 80-86743-01-2
  20. "Avalanche strikes Tajikistan's eastern city, leaving 15 dead, 12 injured".
  21. "Lavina ze Sedla nad Skokom". Hoslavia.utc.sk.
  22. "Montroc Avalanche".
  23. (2012-09-23). "Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest peaks". CNN.com.
  24. (September 2008). "Recordarán los seis años de la tragedia del cerro Ventana - Diario LMNeuquén". lmneuquen.com.ar.
  25. Allen, Peter. (2012-07-12). "Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons". Telegraph.
  26. (18 July 2016). "Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet".
  27. (18 July 2016). "Tibet: Nine killed in an avalanche".
  28. Ben Guarino. (12 December 2016). "A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9. Now researchers offer answers.". [[Washington Post]].
  29. (7 September 2016). "Massive and Mysterious Ice Avalanche in Tibet".
  30. (21 October 2016). "A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet".
  31. "CAIC". Avalanche.state.co.us.
  32. (February 6, 2021). "Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche". KSTU-TV.
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