List of avalanches by death toll explained

This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.

Death toll (estimate)EventLocationDate
1Huascarán avalanche
triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[1]
2White Friday (1916)[2]
3Huascarán avalanche
4
5Winter of Terror
series of 649 avalanches
6 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) 2012 Afghanistan avalanches[3]
7Lahaul Valley avalanche[4]
82010 Salang avalanches
series of at least 36 avalanches
91918 Mitsumata village avalanche[5]
101918 Asahi village avalanche
11
12
13Saint-Martin[6] (Hautes-Pyrénées)
14
15
16Wellington, Washington avalanche
deadliest avalanche in the United States
171922 Ōmi Train avalanche[7]
181938 Unazuki avalanche[8]
19
2079 (confirmed 22 presumed dead)
21Frassino avalanche
22Palm Sunday Avalanche
deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska)
231910 Rogers Pass avalanche
deadliest avalanche in Canada
24
25
26Siglunesi
27La Giettaz (Savoie)[9]
Lenin Peak disaster[10]
301995 Gokyo avalanche[11]
31
32Puente del Inca avalanche[12]
331970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)
34Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)[13]
35Ortiporio (Corsica)
36Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes)
37
38
39Granduc Mine Avalanche[14]
39
40
42Bâlea Lake
deadliest avalanche in Romania
432015 Mount Everest avalanches
triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake[15] [16]
44
46
48Rybô[17]
491937 Nanga Parbat tragedyNepal1937
Low Tatras[18]
52
2023 Kharough avalanche[19] Tajikistan
53
54
High Tatras[20]
1999 Montroc avalanche[21]
Kaprun avalanche
58
Manaslu[22]
2023 Astore avalanche
62
63
Cerro ventana avalanche[23]
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)[24]
Restelica
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] China (Tibet)
70
Lewes avalanche
deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom
72Alpine Meadows (northern California)
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche)
76Oravska Magura
80Loveland Pass avalanche[30] (Colorado)
822021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche[31] (Utah)
831996 Mount Everest disaster[32]
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington)
2019 Howse Peak avalanche
2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho)

See also

Notes and References

  1. The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study. 18. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Oct 1970. October 1970. 8. 10.1080/00963402.1970.11457853. 1970BuAtS..26h..17..
  2. Web site: Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages . This Day in History . www.history.com . 2015-04-27.
  3. News: 145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche . ABC News. 2012-03-10.
  4. Web site: The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History. scientificamerican.com.
  5. [:ja:三俣の大雪崩]
  6. [Pierre Bernard Palassou]
  7. [:ja:北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故]
  8. [:ja:泡雪崩#歴史]
  9. Book: Paysages romanesques des Alpes . Henry Bordeaux . Infobase Publishing . 978-2-3071-1218-1 . 1925 . 2021-07-31.
  10. Web site: Historical background of Lenin Peak. The first expedition to Lenin Peak. www.centralasia-travel.com.
  11. Book: Natural Disasters . Lee Allyn Davis . Infobase Publishing . 978-1-4381-1878-9 . 2008 . 16 . 2014-04-18.
  12. Web site: Tsunami en la montaña: A 40 años del alud que sepultó a dos pueblos - Diario los Andes . 2015-11-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014003/http://archivo.losandes.com.ar/notas/2005/8/14/sociedad-163174.asp . 2015-11-17 .
  13. Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, Dynamique des avalanches, Cemagref, 2006,
  14. News: Rescue workers clear snow and debris after the Granduc mine avalanche near Stewart, B.C., in 1965 in which 28 people died . Vancouver Sun . Vancouversun.com . 2012-04-27 . 2014-04-18.
  15. News: Beaumont. Peter . Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake . 2015-04-25 . The Guardian . 2015-04-25.
  16. News: Devastating Nepal earthquake kills over 1,300, some in Everest avalanche . 2015-04-25 . 2015-04-25 . Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin . Reuters.
  17. Web site: 90 rokov od najväčšej lavínovej tragédie na Slovensku . Horská záchranná služba (Stredisko lavínovej prevencie) [Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia (Center for Avalanche Prevention)] . 2014-02-05 . sk.
  18. VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003,
  19. Web site: Avalanche strikes Tajikistan's eastern city, leaving 15 dead, 12 injured . 2023-02-16 . www.aa.com.tr.
  20. Web site: Lavina ze Sedla nad Skokom . Hoslavia.utc.sk . 2014-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420002641/http://www.hoslavia.utc.sk/pages/16_lavina_ze_sedla_nad_skokom.htm . 2014-04-20 . dead .
  21. Web site: Montroc Avalanche . 2022-03-21 . pistehors.com.
  22. News: Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest peaks . CNN.com . 2012-09-23 . 2014-04-19.
  23. Web site: Recordarán los seis años de la tragedia del cerro Ventana - Diario LMNeuquén. lmneuquen.com.ar. September 2008 .
  24. Web site: Allen . Peter . Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons . Telegraph . 2012-07-12 . 2014-04-19.
  25. Web site: Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet. 18 July 2016. 22 May 2020. China Internet Center.
  26. Web site: Tibet: Nine killed in an avalanche. 18 July 2016. 22 May 2020. The Indian Express.
  27. News: A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9. Now researchers offer answers.. 12 December 2016. 22 May 2020. Washington Post. Ben Guarino.
  28. Web site: Massive and Mysterious Ice Avalanche in Tibet. 22 May 2020. NASA Earth Observatory.
  29. Web site: A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet. 26 May 2020. NASA Earth Observatory.
  30. Web site: CAIC . Avalanche.state.co.us . 2014-04-19.
  31. News: Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche. KSTU-TV. Burt. Spencer. Napoli. Jonah. Joseph. Spencer. February 6, 2021. March 2, 2021.
  32. Web site: Lopsang Sherpa, two others killed on Everest . https://web.archive.org/web/20100724165713/http://outside.away.com/peaks/fischer/lopsangx.html . 2010-07-24 . Summit Journal 1996 . 1996 . Outside Online . 2014-04-18.

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