Rescue teams search for 12 people missing after deadly Nepal avalanche
An avalanche in northern Nepal has killed at least four people, with a search underway for 12 others still missing.
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An avalanche in northern Nepal has killed at least four people, with a search underway for 12 others still missing.
The 10-person expedition lost contact with its base camp after an avalanche struck Broad Peak as they attempted to scale the mountain.
A total of 25 skiers were on the mountainside where the avalanche occurred, but most had escaped.
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All nine avalanche victims have been recovered from California's Sierra Nevada, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said Saturday at a news conference.
In Northern California, authorities said they have recovered the bodies of all nine skiers killed in a backcountry avalanche earlier this week near Lake Tahoe. Severe weather prevented recovery teams from reaching the bodies sooner.
An American was among the five recovered dead after the avalanche, police said.
The identities of some of the victims of the deadly California avalanche near Lake Tahoe became known on Thursday.
One skier remains missing and is presumed dead after an avalanche buried a group of skiers near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday.
The avalanche, the deadliest in California history and fourth deadliest in U.S. history, killed at least eight people and left a ninth missing.
The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County, north of Boreal Mountain Ski Resort.
At least eight skiers have been found dead, and one is still missing after an avalanche the size of a football field struck in California's Sierra Mountains on Tuesday. CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest.
An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California.
Crews say eight skiers were found dead and a ninth is still missing after an avalanche near California's Lake Tahoe earlier this week. Six other skiers were rescued. There are questions about why the group stayed in the region for more than two days after the first avalanche watch was issued.
Eight people were found dead, and one remains missing after an avalanche swept near Lake Tahoe, California, officials announced. CBS News' Matt Gutman reports.
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Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said.
A wall of snow the size of a football field collapsed suddenly on Tuesday over a group of 15 skiers, killing eight, with one still missing on Wednesday night. The rescue mission for the missing person has been called off for now and has become a recovery mission. Matt Gutman reports.
Crews found the bodies of eight skiers on Wednesday after an avalanche near California's Lake Tahoe. One remains unaccounted for.
A group of 15 backcountry skiers was reportedly involved in the incident, the sheriff's office says. Nine remain unaccounted for.
A frantic search is ongoing after an avalanche swept away more than a dozen skiers in California. CBS News' Matt Gutman has the latest.
Crews are working to rescue a group of 16 skiers who encountered an avalanche Tuesday in California. Ten of those skiers are unaccounted for while six are awaiting rescue.
Fresh snowfall during recent storms and wind-swept snowcaps on weak internal layers have created especially risky conditions, rescuers said.
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"This tragedy painfully demonstrates how serious the current avalanche situation is," one official said.