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List of avalanches by death toll

This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.

Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date
1 22,000 Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[1] Peru 1970
2 2,000−10,000 White Friday (1916)[2] Italy 1916
3 4,000 Huascarán avalanche[1] Peru 1962
4 310 2015 Afghanistan avalanches Afghanistan 2015
5 265 Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches Austria-Switzerland-Italy 1951
6 201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) 2012 Afghanistan avalanches[3] Afghanistan 2012
7 200 Lahaul Valley avalanche[4] India 1979
8 172 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches Afghanistan 2010
9 155 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche[5] Japan 1918
10 154[citation needed] 1918 Asahi village avalanche Japan 1918
11 138 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche Pakistan 2012
12 125 Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide Russia 2002
13 107 Saint-Martin[6] (Hautes-Pyrénées) France 1600
14 102 2010 Kohistan avalanche Pakistan 2010
15 97 1992 Görmeç avalanche Turkey 1992
16 96 Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States United States 1910
17 90 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche[7] Japan 1922
18 84 1938 Unazuki avalanche[8] Japan 1938
19 81 Pragelato Italy 1904
20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches Austria 1954
21 70 Frassino avalanche Italy 1885
22 65 Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska) United States 1898
23 62 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada Canada 1910
24 59 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche Turkey 1993
25 55 Møre og Romsdal Norway 1679
26 50[citation needed] Siglunesi Iceland 1613
27 43 La Giettaz (Savoie)[9] France 1641
Lenin Peak disaster[10] Kyrgyzstan 1990
2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster Nepal October 2014
30 42 1995 Gokyo avalanche[11] Nepal 1995
31 41 2020 Van avalanches Turkey 2020
32 40 Puente del Inca avalanche[12] Argentina 1965
33 39 1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)[13] France 1970
34 38 Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)[14] France 1749
35 37 Ortiporio (Corsica) France 1934
36 32 Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) France 1757
37 31 1999 Galtür avalanche Austria 1999
38 29 Rigopiano avalanche Italy 2017
39 28 Granduc Mine Avalanche[15] Canada 1965
2023 Nyingchi avalanche China 2023
39 27 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche India 2022
40 24 Seyðisfjörður Iceland 1885
2017 Gurez sector avalanche India 2017
42 23 Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in Romania Romania April 1977
43 22 2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake[16][17] Nepal April 2015
44 21 Sogn og Fjordane Norway 1873
Lofoten Norway 1956
46 20 Hnífsdalur Iceland 1910
1995 Flateyri avalanche Iceland 1995
48 18 Rybô[18] Slovakia 1924
49 16 1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy Nepal 1937
Low Tatras[19] Slovakia 1956
Vassdall Norway 1986
2014 Mount Everest avalanche Nepal April 2014
52 15 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche Nepal 1972
2023 Kharough avalanche[20] Tajikistan February 2023
53 14 1995 Súðavík avalanche Iceland 1995
54 12 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches Iceland 1974
High Tatras[21] Slovakia 1974
1999 Montroc avalanche[22] France 1999
Kaprun avalanche Austria 2000
58 11 2009 Zigana avalanche Turkey 2009
Manaslu[23] Nepal 2012
2022 Marmolada serac collapse Italy 2022
2023 Astore avalanche Pakistan 2023
62 10 2009 Afghan avalanches Afghanistan 2009
63 9 Seyðisfjörður Iceland 1732
Siglufjörður Iceland 1919
Cerro ventana avalanche[24] Argentina 2002
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche Poland January 2003
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)[25] France 2012
Restelica Kosovo 2012
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[26][27][28][29][30] China (Tibet) 2016
70 8 Flathead Valley avalanches Canada 2008
Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom United Kingdom 1836
72 7 Alpine Meadows (northern California) United States March 1982
Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) Austria 1988
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche Canada 2003
Western Tatras Slovakia 2005
76 6 Oravska Magura Slovakia 1968
1970 Mount Everest disaster Nepal 1970
2009 Schalfkogel avalanche Austria 2009
Valfréjus avalanche France January 2016
80 5 Loveland Pass avalanche[31] (Colorado) United States 2013
2016 Geier avalanche Austria February 2016
82 4 2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche[32] (Utah) United States 2021
83 3 1996 Mount Everest disaster[33] Nepal 1996
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche United Kingdom 2009
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) United States 2012
2019 Howse Peak avalanche Canada 2019
2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho) United States 2020

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Oct 1970 (8): 18. October 1970. Bibcode:1970BuAtS..26h..17.. doi:10.1080/00963402.1970.11457853.
  2. ^ "Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages". This Day in History. www.history.com. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  3. ^ "145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche". ABC News. 2012-03-10.
  4. ^ "The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History". scientificamerican.com.
  5. ^ ja:三俣の大雪崩 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Pierre Bernard Palassou, Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacens, Pau, imp. Vignancour, 1823
  7. ^ ja:北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  8. ^ ja:泡雪崩#歴史 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.
  9. ^ Henry Bordeaux (1925). Paysages romanesques des Alpes. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-2-3071-1218-1. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  10. ^ "Historical background of Lenin Peak. The first expedition to Lenin Peak". www.centralasia-travel.com.
  11. ^ Lee Allyn Davis (2008). Natural Disasters. Infobase Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4381-1878-9. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  13. ^ 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
  14. ^ Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, Dynamique des avalanches, Cemagref, 2006, ISBN 2-88074-648-5
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Beaumont, Peter (2015-04-25). "Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  17. ^ Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin (2015-04-25). "Devastating Nepal earthquake kills over 1,300, some in Everest avalanche". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  18. ^ "90 rokov od najväčšej lavínovej tragédie na Slovensku" (in Slovak). Horská záchranná služba (Stredisko lavínovej prevencie) [Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia (Center for Avalanche Prevention)]. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  19. ^ VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003, ISBN 80-86743-01-2
  20. ^ "Avalanche strikes Tajikistan's eastern city, leaving 15 dead, 12 injured". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  21. ^ . Hoslavia.utc.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  22. ^ "Montroc Avalanche". pistehors.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  23. ^ "Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest peaks". CNN.com. 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  24. ^ "Recordarán los seis años de la tragedia del cerro Ventana - Diario LMNeuquén". lmneuquen.com.ar.
  25. ^ Allen, Peter (2012-07-12). "Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons". Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  26. ^ "Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet". China Internet Center. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Tibet: Nine killed in an avalanche". The Indian Express. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  28. ^ Ben Guarino (12 December 2016). "A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9. Now researchers offer answers". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  29. ^ "Massive and Mysterious Ice Avalanche in Tibet". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  30. ^ "A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  31. ^ "CAIC". Avalanche.state.co.us. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  32. ^ Burt, Spencer; Napoli, Jonah; Joseph, Spencer (February 6, 2021). "Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche". KSTU-TV. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  33. ^ . Summit Journal 1996. Outside Online. 1996. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches Death toll estimate Event Location Date1 22 000 Huascaran avalanche triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake 1 Peru 19702 2 000 10 000 White Friday 1916 2 Italy 19163 4 000 Huascaran avalanche 1 Peru 19624 310 2015 Afghanistan avalanches Afghanistan 20155 265 Winter of Terror series of 649 avalanches Austria Switzerland Italy 19516 201 56 confirmed 145 presumed dead 2012 Afghanistan avalanches 3 Afghanistan 20127 200 Lahaul Valley avalanche 4 India 19798 172 2010 Salang avalanches series of at least 36 avalanches Afghanistan 20109 155 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche 5 Japan 191810 154 citation needed 1918 Asahi village avalanche Japan 191811 138 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche Pakistan 201212 125 Kolka Karmadon rock ice slide Russia 200213 107 Saint Martin 6 Hautes Pyrenees France 160014 102 2010 Kohistan avalanche Pakistan 201015 97 1992 Gormec avalanche Turkey 199216 96 Wellington Washington avalanche deadliest avalanche in the United States United States 191017 90 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche 7 Japan 192218 84 1938 Unazuki avalanche 8 Japan 193819 81 Pragelato Italy 190420 79 57 confirmed 22 presumed dead 1954 Blons avalanches Austria 195421 70 Frassino avalanche Italy 188522 65 Palm Sunday Avalanche deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail Alaska United States 189823 62 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche deadliest avalanche in Canada Canada 191024 59 1993 Bayburt Uzengili avalanche Turkey 199325 55 More og Romsdal Norway 167926 50 citation needed Siglunesi Iceland 161327 43 La Giettaz Savoie 9 France 1641Lenin Peak disaster 10 Kyrgyzstan 19902014 Nepal snowstorm disaster Nepal October 201430 42 1995 Gokyo avalanche 11 Nepal 199531 41 2020 Van avalanches Turkey 202032 40 Puente del Inca avalanche 12 Argentina 196533 39 1970 Val d Isere avalanche Savoie 13 France 197034 38 Huez en Oisans Isere 14 France 174935 37 Ortiporio Corsica France 193436 32 Vallouise Hautes Alpes France 175737 31 1999 Galtur avalanche Austria 199938 29 Rigopiano avalanche Italy 201739 28 Granduc Mine Avalanche 15 Canada 19652023 Nyingchi avalanche China 202339 27 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche India 202240 24 Seydisfjordur Iceland 18852017 Gurez sector avalanche India 201742 23 Balea Lake deadliest avalanche in Romania Romania April 197743 22 2015 Mount Everest avalanches triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake 16 17 Nepal April 201544 21 Sogn og Fjordane Norway 1873Lofoten Norway 195646 20 Hnifsdalur Iceland 19101995 Flateyri avalanche Iceland 199548 18 Rybo 18 Slovakia 192449 16 1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy Nepal 1937Low Tatras 19 Slovakia 1956Vassdall Norway 19862014 Mount Everest avalanche Nepal April 201452 15 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche Nepal 19722023 Kharough avalanche 20 Tajikistan February 202353 14 1995 Sudavik avalanche Iceland 199554 12 1974 Neskaupstadur avalanches Iceland 1974High Tatras 21 Slovakia 19741999 Montroc avalanche 22 France 1999Kaprun avalanche Austria 200058 11 2009 Zigana avalanche Turkey 2009Manaslu 23 Nepal 20122022 Marmolada serac collapse Italy 20222023 Astore avalanche Pakistan 202362 10 2009 Afghan avalanches Afghanistan 200963 9 Seydisfjordur Iceland 1732Siglufjordur Iceland 1919Cerro ventana avalanche 24 Argentina 20022003 Tatra Mountains avalanche Poland January 2003Mont Maudit avalanche Haute Savoie 25 France 2012Restelica Kosovo 2012Aru Range Rutog County two of the largest avalanches in history 26 27 28 29 30 China Tibet 201670 8 Flathead Valley avalanches Canada 2008Lewes avalanche deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom United Kingdom 183672 7 Alpine Meadows northern California United States March 1982Sankt Anton am Arlberg Wolfsgruben avalanche Austria 19882003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche Canada 2003Western Tatras Slovakia 200576 6 Oravska Magura Slovakia 19681970 Mount Everest disaster Nepal 19702009 Schalfkogel avalanche Austria 2009Valfrejus avalanche France January 201680 5 Loveland Pass avalanche 31 Colorado United States 20132016 Geier avalanche Austria February 201682 4 2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche 32 Utah United States 202183 3 1996 Mount Everest disaster 33 Nepal 19962009 Buachaille Etive Mor avalanche United Kingdom 20092012 Tunnel Creek avalanche Washington United States 20122019 Howse Peak avalanche Canada 20192020 Silver Mountain avalanche northern Idaho United States 2020See also editAvalanche List of natural disasters by death tollReferences edit a b The Peru Earthquake A Special Study Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Oct 1970 8 18 October 1970 Bibcode 1970BuAtS 26h 17 doi 10 1080 00963402 1970 11457853 Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages This Day in History www history com Retrieved 2015 04 27 145 presumed dead in Afghan avalanche ABC News 2012 03 10 The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History scientificamerican com ja 三俣の大雪崩 Japanese language Retrieved date on March 29 2017 Pierre Bernard Palassou Nouveaux memoires pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Pyrenees et des pays adjacens Pau imp Vignancour 1823 ja 北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故 Japanese language Retrieved date on March 29 2017 ja 泡雪崩 歴史 Japanese language Retrieved date on March 29 2017 Henry Bordeaux 1925 Paysages romanesques des Alpes Infobase Publishing ISBN 978 2 3071 1218 1 Retrieved 2021 07 31 Historical background of Lenin Peak The first expedition to Lenin Peak www centralasia travel com Lee Allyn Davis 2008 Natural Disasters Infobase Publishing p 16 ISBN 978 1 4381 1878 9 Retrieved 2014 04 18 Tsunami en la montana A 40 anos del alud que sepulto a dos pueblos Diario los Andes Archived from the original on 2015 11 17 Retrieved 2015 11 15 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 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 90 rokov od najvacsej lavinovej tragedie na Slovensku in Slovak Horska zachranna sluzba Stredisko lavinovej prevencie Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia Center for Avalanche Prevention Retrieved 2014 02 05 VRBA Milos V lavinach a vanicich Vsetin Altituda 2003 ISBN 80 86743 01 2 Avalanche strikes Tajikistan s eastern city leaving 15 dead 12 injured www aa com tr Retrieved 2023 02 16 Lavina ze Sedla nad Skokom Hoslavia utc sk Archived from the original on 2014 04 20 Retrieved 2014 04 19 Montroc Avalanche pistehors com Retrieved 2022 03 21 Avalanche kills climbers at one of world s highest peaks CNN com 2012 09 23 Retrieved 2014 04 19 Recordaran los seis anos de la tragedia del cerro Ventana Diario LMNeuquen lmneuquen com ar Allen Peter 2012 07 12 Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons Telegraph Retrieved 2014 04 19 Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet China Internet Center 18 July 2016 Retrieved 22 May 2020 Tibet Nine killed in an avalanche The Indian Express 18 July 2016 Retrieved 22 May 2020 Ben Guarino 12 December 2016 A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9 Now researchers offer answers Washington Post Retrieved 22 May 2020 Massive and Mysterious Ice Avalanche in Tibet NASA Earth Observatory Retrieved 22 May 2020 A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet NASA Earth Observatory Retrieved 26 May 2020 CAIC Avalanche state co us Retrieved 2014 04 19 Burt Spencer Napoli Jonah Joseph Spencer February 6 2021 Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche KSTU TV Retrieved March 2 2021 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 External links edit nbsp 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