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Uttarakhand avalanche toll rises to 4, 47 out of 55 trapped BRO workers rescued

Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said that four choppers of the Indian Army have joined the rescue operation.

47 BRO workers trapped after massive avalanche hits Uttarakhand’s Badrinath

The construction workers of Border Roads Organisation camp were engaged in work on the border area of Mana village. ITBP and Army personnel engaged in rescue operation, says CM Dhami.

Body of 26-year-old Indian techie recovered from Avalanche Creek at Glacier National Park

Siddhant Vitthal Patil, a tech professional living in California, was hiking at the park with seven friends when he fell into Avalanche Creek.

Avalanche hits Gulmarg ski resort, one foreigner dead, two injured

According to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the avalanche hit the resort at around 2 pm, in Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir.

Five go missing after being hit by avalanche in Nepal, search operation launched

Four women and one man were missing since Tuesday when an avalanche hit their camp at Byas village while 7 others escaped, said Darchula district official.

Three Nepali sherpa climbers go missing on Everest after avalanche

Three guides who were ferrying climbing gear for their clients were caught at an unspecified site between the Base Camp and Camp I on its lower parts.

Rescuers scour site of deadly avalanche in Sikkim for any more victims

Rescue teams pulled 20 survivors from the snow that engulfed the road to the Nathu La pass before calling off their search as bad weather closed in and darkness fell on Tuesday.

Seven tourists killed in Sikkim as deadly avalanche hits cars on way to Nathu La

19 others were rescued by Tuesday evening. Search & rescue operations resumed 8am Wednesday after being halted at 6pm the previous evening due to 'inclement weather'.

Seven tourists dead in Sikkim avalanche, scores still missing

The avalanche occurred around 12.20 pm Tuesday at the 15th Mile checkpost towards Nathula Pass.

‘Ban construction to protect Kedarnath from avalanches’ — what expert panel told Uttarakhand govt

The 5-member panel report also suggests building concrete wedges and mounds on higher slopes above the shrine to reduce momentum of avalanches originating 5-6 km above it.

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