
Hiker rescued from avalanche after 1,200-foot fall in Washington state
The 30-year-old man was transported to a Seattle hospital with symptoms of hypothermia, a broken arm and "significant abrasions," rescuers said.
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The 30-year-old man was transported to a Seattle hospital with symptoms of hypothermia, a broken arm and "significant abrasions," rescuers said.
At least six people were injured in the rockslide on a hiking trail near the Dead Sea Thursday, rescue workers said.
The Denali National Park and Preserve says "much loved" dispatcher and support services provider Eric Walter was backcountry skiing only a few miles from the park's entrance.
It was one of the country's deadliest avalanches in years.
At least four hikers were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. Two others remained missing Sunday night.
Rescue efforts were still underway hours after the disaster, with an unknown number of people still feared trapped under the snow.
The avalanche had the potential to "easily bury and kill a person," said one official.
A snowmobiler and two skiers died in Colorado avalanches.
The western U.S. continued to contend with a powerful winter storm Friday that even prompted unprecedented blizzard warnings in Southern California. Parts of Nevada are under avalanche warnings and many major highways are closed. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports from Southern California.
Heavy snow and school holidays drew large crowds to the Alps over the weekend, where nine people died amid elevated avalanche risks.
A photographer who was taking part in the backcountry ski trip said Kyle Smaine was "thrown 50 meters by the air blast and buried" in the avalanche.
The skier was swept about 500 feet down the mountain before friends found him using a location-tracking device, police said.
The snowmobilers triggered the avalanche, the third fatal one this season in Colorado, authorities said.
Officials had warned of a high avalanche risk in the area over the weekend. The avalanche was on an almost 9,000 foot mountain.
Ten people were still missing. Bad weather was hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts.
The avalanche struck the 5,670-metre Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II.
A landslide on the French side of Mont Blanc was captured on video by climbers as rocks rolled off the mountain in close proximity to a group of hikers. No one was injured.
Two more victims were found Wednesday as efforts to locate missing people continued in the aftermath of last weekend's deadly avalanche.
A huge chunk of the glacier cleaved off Sunday, sparking an avalanche that sent torrents of ice, rock and debris plowing down the mountainside onto unsuspecting hikers below.
At least seven hikers were killed in the devastating avalanche, while eight people suffered injuries and 14 others remained missing Monday.
Meteorological Spring begins Tuesday, and it will bring warmer temperatures to parts of the U.S. including the South, Midwest and Southwest. The Pacific Northwest, however, will see storms. CBS News Miami meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez gives her forecast for Mardi Gras.
A family member confirmed to CBS Denver that her cousin, Nathan Schmidt, was killed in the avalanche.
In Greenland, a glacier breaking off into the water causes a massive ice wave that collides with a boat filled with tourists. The tourists speed off, narrowly escaping the wave's full wrath.
The probe comes months after the DOJ dropped charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The president visited Capitol Hill Tuesday. A House committee began what could be an all-night meeting very early Wednesday. The panel's approval is the last hurdle to get the measure to the floor.
Former President Joe Biden — who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer — got his last blood test for the cancer over a decade ago.
President Trump wants a "Golden Dome" missile defense system like Israel's Iron Dome.
Immigration lawyers said they've been informed the U.S. may have deported migrants from Southeast Asian countries to South Sudan.
George Wendt, the comedian and actor known for his beloved role as Norm on "Cheers," has died.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to release a report Thursday on how pesticides and other issues may be linked to childhood chronic diseases.
Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the facility.
The probe comes months after the DOJ dropped charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the facility.
Electricity demand could jump at least 25% in the next five years and as much as 78% by 2050.
Three days after an explosion believed to be intended for a fertility clinic rocked the city of Palm Springs, California, the smell of smoke still filled the air.
From fires to tornadoes to potential violence inside schools, millions of public school children with disabilities fear they will be left behind in emergency situations.
Electricity demand could jump at least 25% in the next five years and as much as 78% by 2050.
Justin Sun — who owns $19 million worth of President Trump's meme coin — will attend a dinner with the president, after regulators paused a Biden-era lawsuit against Sun.
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The probe comes months after the DOJ dropped charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
The Navy is disciplining at least two members of SEAL Team 4 after racist memes were shared in a Signal chat to a Black fellow SEAL, two sources familiar told CBS News.
The secretary of state defended the Trump administration's foreign policy to the committee he was once a member of.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to release a report Thursday on how pesticides and other issues may be linked to childhood chronic diseases.
Justin Sun — who owns $19 million worth of President Trump's meme coin — will attend a dinner with the president, after regulators paused a Biden-era lawsuit against Sun.
From fires to tornadoes to potential violence inside schools, millions of public school children with disabilities fear they will be left behind in emergency situations.
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Early season heat waves gripping the Central and Southern United States are bringing attention to the health dangers of high temperatures during pregnancy.
Tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions are among the animals being moved due to the cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan.
President Trump wants a "Golden Dome" missile defense system like Israel's Iron Dome.
Mayor Clara Brugada, who holds the second most powerful political post in Mexico, said her secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz were killed.
Eli Cohen's remains have yet to be returned to Israel, where he is regarded as a national hero.
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Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the facility.
Three days after an explosion believed to be intended for a fertility clinic rocked the city of Palm Springs, California, the smell of smoke still filled the air.
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Mayor Clara Brugada, who holds the second most powerful political post in Mexico, said her secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz were killed.
A Louisiana jail maintenance worker has been arrested and accused of aiding a jailbreak by 10 inmates. Four men have been recaptured since the escape. CBS News' Kati Weis reports.
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