avalanches
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California’s Impressive Winter Snowpack Means Dangerous Rushing Rivers This Summer
A series of consecutive snowstorms dropped a lot of snow all over California’s mountains this winter. And now all of that snow is finally melting and filling up the state’s rivers. It’s making them larger, faster, colder, and extremely dangerous to swim in.
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Experiment Could Help Scientists Predict Avalanches Through Sound
It turns out that 8000 tiny plastic disks in a rotating drum could help scientists develop a technique to forecast avalanches or earthquakes through sound.
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Dozens Missing After Horrific Avalanche Engulfs Italian Hotel
As many as 30 guests are missing following an overnight avalanche at a hotel in Italy’s Gran Sasso mountain area. Poor weather conditions and the remote location of the hotel are making rescue efforts difficult.
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Satellite Images Reveal A Massive 60 Million-Tonne Avalanche In Canada
Early last week, around 45 megatonnes of ice and rock plunged down the southeast flank of Mount Steele in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The avalanche, which occurred in a remote and unpopulated area, was so large that it was initially detected by earthquake seismometers.