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Death toll from Tajikistan avalanches rises to 19
• 3 years agoAccording to a statement from the emergency services, there have been 200 avalanches, seven landslides and six rockfalls from 15 February to 19 February
Low danger avalanche likely in upper reaches of Kashmir in 24 hours, locals warned
Fp Staff • 3 years agoOn Wednesday a massive avalanche hit Gulmarg leaving two foreign tourists dead and many trapped. 19 of the trapped tourists were later rescued by the police
No vital signs in two foreign skiers hit by avalanche in Japan's Nagano
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe men were among five foreigners engulfed in Sunday's avalanche, which took place at about 2:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura in the ski resort
No one believed missing in Austrian avalanche, says police
• 3 years agoOne partly buried man was recovered with serious injuries and 200 rescuers were deployed to search the snow mass for more
Uttarakhand avalanche: Twice lucky in 12 years, recalls NIM instructor rescued from Draupadi Ka Danda
Fp Staff • 3 years agoTotal 16 bodies - two of instructors and 14 of trainee mountaineers - have been recovered from Draupadi Ka Danda - II peak in Uttarkashi so far. Search and rescue operations for 29 others are underway
28 trainee mountaineers missing after avalanche hit Draupadi Ka Danda-II peak, Uttarakhand Police release list
Fp Staff • 3 years agoTen mountaineers are feared dead. Bodies of four have been recovered. Rescue operations resumed on Wednesday and at least six mountaineers, with minor injuries, were airlifted from Draupadi ka Danda-II mountain
10 killed, eight of 29 mountaineering trainees rescued as avalanche hits Uttarakhand’s Draupadi Ka Danda-2 peak
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe Indian Air Force has deployed two Cheetah helicopters for rescue and relief operations in Uttarkashi area after a Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) mountaineering team was hit by an avalanche
Uttarakhand: Dozens trapped as avalanche hits Uttarkashi
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThis is the second avalanche in this region in the last 10 days. Earlier, an avalanche was reported near Chaurabari Glacier just behind Kedarnath Dham
Uttarakhand: Avalanche occurs near Kedarnath Temple, no damage reported
• 3 years agoAs per the information, the giant glacier behind the Kedarnath was broken for the second time since the last month and appeared like a watershed from distance
Body of missing army jawan found 38 years later in old bunker in Siachen
• 3 years agoThe Sainik Group Centre in Ranikhet identified the body as that of Chandrashekhar Harbola of 19 Kumaon Regiment. He was part of a 20-member troop that was dispatched to the world's highest battlefield for 'Operation Meghdoot' to fight Pakistan in 1984 and had later gone missing