List of avalanches
This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.
Death toll (estimate) | Event | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|
62 | 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche | Canada | 1910 |
10,000 | Tyrolean Alps avalanches[1] | Italy | 1916 |
20,000 | Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[2] | Peru | 1970 |
4,000 | Huascarán avalanche[2] | Peru | 1962 |
310 | 2015 Afghanistan avalanches | Afghanistan | 2015 |
265 | Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches | Austria-Switzerland | 1951 |
201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) | 2012 Afghanistan avalanches[3] | Afghanistan | 2012 |
172 | 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches | Afghanistan | 2010 |
138 | 2012 Siachen Glacier avalanche | Pakistan | 2012 |
125 | Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide | Russia | 2002 |
107 | Saint-Martin[4] (Hautes-Pyrénées) | France | 1600 |
102 | 2010 Kohistan avalanche | Pakistan | 2010 |
96 | Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States | United States | 1910 |
90 | Frank Slide | Canada | 1903 |
81 | Pragelato | Italy | 1904 |
70 | Frassino avalanche | Italy | 1885 |
65 | Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail | Alaska | 1898 |
62 | 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada | Canada | 1910 |
59 | 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche | Turkey | 1993 |
79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) | 1954 Blons avalanches | Austria | 1954 |
55 | Møre og Romsdal | Norway | 1679 |
50 | Siglunesi | Iceland | 1613 |
43 | 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster | Nepal | October 2014 |
40 | Puente del Inca avalanche[5] | Argentina | 1965 |
39 | Val-d'Isère[6] | France | 1970 |
38 | Huez-en-Oisans[7] | France | 1749 |
37 | Ortiporio (Corsica) | France | 1934 |
32 | Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) | France | 1757 |
31 | Galtür Avalanche | Austria | 1999 |
26 | Granduc Mine Avalanche[8] | Canada | 1965 |
24 | Seyðisfjörður | Iceland | 1885 |
23 | Balea Lac | Romania | 1977 |
21 | Sogn og Fjordane | Norway | 1873 |
21 | Lofoten | Norway | 1956 |
20 | Hnífsdalur | Iceland | 1910 |
20 | Flateyri | Iceland | 1995 |
18 | Rybô Avalanche | Slovakia | 1924 |
9 | Siglufjörður | Iceland | 1919 |
16 | Vassdall | Norway | 1986 |
16 | Low Tatras[9] | Slovakia | 1956 |
15 | 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche | Nepal | 1972 |
14 | Súðavík | Iceland | 1995 |
12 | Neskaupstaður | Iceland | 1974 |
12 | Montroc avalanche[10] | France | 1999 |
12 | High Tatras[11] | Slovakia | 1974 |
11 | Manaslu[12] | Nepal | 2012 |
11 | 2009 Zigana avalanche | Turkey | 2009 |
11 | Flathead Valley avalanches | Canada | 2008 |
10 | 2009 Afghan avalanches | Afghanistan | 2009 |
9 | Mont Maudit avalanche[13] | France | 2012 |
9 | Cerro ventana avalanche[14] | Argentina | 2002 |
9 | Restelica | Kosovo | 2012 |
9 | Seyðisfjörður | Iceland | 1732 |
8 | Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1836 |
7 | Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) | Austria | 1988 |
7 | 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche | British Columbia | 2003 |
7 | Western Tatras | Slovakia | 2005 |
6 | 2009 Schalfkogel avalanche | Austria | 2009 |
6 | Oravska Magura | Slovakia | 1968 |
5 | Sheep Creek (Loveland Pass) avalanche[15] | United States | 2013 |
3 | 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche | United States | 2012 |
3 | 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche | United Kingdom | 2009 |
6 | 1970 Mount Everest disaster | Nepal | 1970 |
42 | 1995 Gokyo avalanche[16] | Nepal | 1995 |
3 | 1996 Mount Everest disaster[17] | Nepal | 1996 |
16 | 2014 Mount Everest avalanche | Nepal | April 2014 |
18 | 2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake[18][19] | Nepal | April 2015 |
See also
- Avalanche
- List of natural disasters
References
- ↑ "Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages". This Day in History. www.history.com. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Oct 1970: 18.
- ↑ "145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche". ABC News. 2012-03-10.
- ↑ Pierre-Bernard Palassou, Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées, Imprimlerie de Vignancour, 1823, id=SAQIAAAAQAAJ
- ↑ http://archivo.losandes.com.ar/notas/2005/8/14/sociedad-163174.asp
- ↑ Pudasaini, Shiva P.; Hutter, Kolumban (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, p. 32, ISBN 978-3-540-32686-1
- ↑ Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, Dynamique des avalanches, Cemagref, 2006, ISBN 2-88074-648-5
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003, ISBN 80-86743-01-2
- ↑ Agrawala, Shardul (2007), Climate change in the European Alps: adapting winter tourism and natural hazards management, OECD Publishing, p. 66, ISBN 978-92-64-03168-5
- ↑ "Lavina ze Sedla nad Skokom". Hoslavia.utc.sk. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ↑ "Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest peaks". CNN.com. 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ↑ Allen, Peter (2012-07-12). "Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons". Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ↑ http://www.lmneuquen.com.ar/noticias/2008/9/1/recordaran-los-seis-anos-de-la-tragedia-del-cerro-ventana-_3538
- ↑ "CAIC". Avalanche.state.co.us. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ↑ Lee Allyn Davis (2008). Natural Disasters. Infobase Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 9-781-43811-878-9. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "Lopsang Sherpa, two others killed on Everest". Summit Journal 1996. Outside Online. 1996. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ Beaumont, Peter (2015-04-25). "Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin (2015-04-25). "Devastating Nepal earthquake kills over 1,300, some in Everest avalanche". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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