Avalanches
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Avalanches, explained
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Three top mountain climbers presumed dead in avalanche
This Photo Captures a Near-Death Experience—and Later Trauma
Fatal Rockslide in Major National Park—What You Need to Know
Watch a Massive Avalanche and Mudslide Sweep Down a Mountain
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