avalanche

The avalanche has sparked an outpouring of shock in the mountaineering community, especially in Nepal, and leaders including Britain's Prince William have expressed condolences to the families of the climbers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

The avalanche struck Thursday, cutting off contact with the ten-member international expedition led by renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja -- who is not among the remains recovered so far.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

There has been no communication with them since the avalanche hit around midday Thursday, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan, which is coordinating the rescue effort using helicopters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

A mountaineer who nearly died in an avalanche has described how his recovery led him to amateur fossil hunting and the discovery of a marine reptile or "sea dragon" not found in Wales before.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The Tupperware lifts, and a small avalanche of sprinkles pours into Inkling’s mouth.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

These deposits form when underwater avalanches of mud, sand, and debris rush down the seafloor and eventually settle into thick sediment layers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Rescue crews insist the risk of avalanches is nevertheless still high.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The latest deaths took to 18 the number of dead in avalanches in Austria this winter season.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

"In an ocean you don't see undercurrents but local people know where the undercurrents are and where avalanches go off frequently. So please always talk with local people and listen to the avalanche forecast."

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

Each individual had to understand how to make a stone knife, how to mend a torn cloak, how to lay a rabbit trap, and how to face avalanches, snakebites or hungry lions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

James and the Lakers were getting avalanched, a run to undo a 17-point deficit got them to within a point before the Grizzlies smothered them with a barrage of baskets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

No wonder Norway avalanched us in the medal count last month.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018

It added: "Two of the rescue team men avalanched traversing below No 3 Gully Buttress."

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016

The awareness of the trend has since avalanched.

From Forbes ● Mar. 9, 2011

The wind howled, the snow avalanched, and the air creaked.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

But many of today’s backcountry users want to make graceful turns through steep slopes covered with untracked powder, which means they generally want to ski slopes that have a relatively high possibility of avalanching.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

For many artists the avalanching awards and wealth of later life come with an unwelcome diminishing of ideas, but Rauschenberg was still avid for discoveries in his 80s.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2016

The results came in slowly throughout all the night, and then all at once, with calls avalanching in from key states between 10 and 11 p.m..

From Time ● Nov. 5, 2014

In late 1997 he probably single-handedly stopped a panic about Korean debt from avalanching into a U.S. market crash by working the phones, convincing international bankers that they should cut Korea a break.

From Time Magazine Archive

I froze, my heart in my throat, but the avalanching ice passed fifty yards to the left, out of sight, without doing any damage.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer