Two skiers are dead following an avalanche on Mont Blanc, France’s highest mountain, and another hiker was killed on another slope in the French Alps, according to local authorities. The Haute-Savoie region administration said an avalanche Thursday swept through an off-piste area
An avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths – believed to be a mother and son from England – and left another injured. Meanwhile in a separate tragedy, a hiker was killed on another slope in the French Alps,
Five mountain climbers have been killed and four injured after a deadly avalanche hit western Iran following warnings about extreme weather dangers. The nine climbers were taking on Iran’s 4,150-metre Oshtorankuh mountain, around 180 miles southwest of Tehran, when they died. In
Weather maps in Britain have turned an ominous blue and purple as an avalanche of snow and rain is likely to cover parts of the country in the coming days. Maps from WXCharts show that heavy rain and snowfall are possible on
A climber died in Canada’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Saturday after an avalanche swept down a slope and buried him, authorities said. The climber and a partner were descending the Lone Ranger ice climb in the park’s Ranger Creek when a
An Italian cheese maker died this week after thousands of cheese wheels fell and crushed him in his warehouse. Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was checking over his stock Sunday night when a shelf buckled, dropping as many as 15,000 wheels of cheese on
Seattle police have released bodycam footage of their response to a “heavily intoxicated” woman that was found at the hotel room of Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin in April. The footage shows police speaking with Avalanche team physician Dr. Bradley Changstrom, who
The husband of two-time Olympic Gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk has died following an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, officials confirmed this week. He was 38. Kacper Tekieli, who married Kowalczyk in 2020 and with whom he shares a 20-month-old son, was killed
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and Philipp Grubauer was stellar in stopping 33 shots in the Seattle Kraken’s defeat of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche with a 2-1 win in Game 7 on Sunday night. The Kraken became the first expansion
It took six games of these playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche to finally look the part of a defending Stanley Cup champion. Colorado’s reward? A trip back home for Game 7 and the chance to dispatch the pesky Seattle Kraken. Mikko Rantanen