Avalanche catastrophes

Avalanches are an acute problem, people regularly die from avalanches. In the Alps, for example, around 100 people have died from avalanches every year over the past 25 years.

• 1910 Wellington (USA) - Two trains are overturned by an avalanche, 97 people die
• 1916 World War 1 - Around 10,000 soldiers die from avalanches on the Austro-Italian front
• 1950/51 - About 200 people die in the Alps from avalanches
• January 11, 1954 Voralberg - An avalanche buried 118 people in their homes, a second avalanche killed 55 people.
• January 11, 1962 Peru - An avalanche from Mount Huascarán destroys two villages and about 4,000 people die
• February 24, 1970 Reckingen - The Bächital avalanche kills 30 people
• April 1970 Savoy - 74 people die in an avalanche
• February 10, 1979 Val-d`Isère - An avalanche accident kills 39 people
• March 1982 - 16 people die in an avalanche slip
• 1991 Bingol (Turkey) - An avalanche devastates several villages, 200 people die
• February 1991 Montblancs (Italy) - An ice avalanche buried 7 skiers.
• January 1998 French Alps – During a hike, an avalanche kills 11 people
• February 23 Galtür - An avalanche kills 31 people
• December 28 Jantal - 9 people die in an avalanche
• September 20, 2002 Karmadon Gorge - An avalanche accident kills 150