avalanche
Example Sentences
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But after what one news outlet called “an avalanche of opposition from climate groups,” party leadership blocked the vote.
When snow falls in extreme storms as opposed to steadily over the course of the season, it increases the risk of avalanches and can force resorts to stop running lifts due to safety concerns.
From Los Angeles Times
Three Sherpa climbers died in an avalanche in the Khumbu icefall on April 12.
From Washington Times
The Northwest Avalanche Center in Seattle issued a special avalanche bulletin Wednesday evening, warning of dangerous conditions through Saturday afternoon in the Washington Cascades and Olympic Mountains and on Oregon’s Mount Hood.
From Seattle Times
As the first significant and extended warm-up of the spring arrives across Western Washington, dangerous avalanche conditions are expected through 6 p.m.
From Seattle Times
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