Rescuers on cross-country skis fought through a snowstorm Monday to reach 24 people trapped for four days on a Caucasus Mountain pass in southern Russia after a snow avalanche.
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Stopping is prohibited on long stretches due to rock or snow avalanche dangers, and the road is often closed in winter, with the carrying of snow chains mandatory during snow conditions.
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Six students were killed and three reported missing in a snow avalanche near this Andean resort, 1, 090 miles ( 1, 745 kilometers ) southwest of Buenos Aires, police reported Monday.
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A snow avalanche roared down the towering Hindu Kush mountains Wednesday, burying about 20 vehicles near the world's highest tunnel _ a key conduit for humanitarian aid shipments, a United Nations spokesman said.
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International teams on Thursday rescued some 500 people from a snow avalanche, including hundreds who were trapped in vehicles for more than a day in temperatures plunging to minus-40, but four people died, officials said.
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A loose-snow avalanche begins at a point and then grows as it cascades down the mountain, while a slab avalanche occurs when a large rectangular slab of snow breaks free and slides down a slope.
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At dlrs 6 million, its budget is modest and, like all IMAX films, boasts breathtaking photography, with stunning vistas and a snow avalanche roaring into the camera that has audience members jumping from their seats.
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International teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from a snow avalanche, including about 100 who were trapped in vehicles for more than a day in temperatures plunging to minus-40, but four people died, officials said.
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Two days later a party from Seattle came across the site of their camp on the Bravo Glacier which had been obliterated by a large ice and snow avalanche 140 metres wide and at least 3 metres deep.
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Rescuers labored Thursday in intense cold high in the Hindu Kush mountains to save people trapped in a snow avalanche that killed up to three people, and the government appealed for help in reaching others stuck in the rugged mountain pass.
