It is not unusual for avalanches to be in the news in the northern hemisphere at this time of year, the height of the annual ski season. But Tuesday's deadly incident in California, which took the ...

A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...

DENVER (KDVR) — When you live in close proximity to an area that is constantly under threat from natural disasters, like Oklahoma with tornadoes, California with earthquakes and Colorado with ...

View post: Storm Warnings Issued for 6 Million Americans for Large Hail, Strong Tornados West Coast faces heavy rain and snow after an unusually dry winter. Nine skiers remain missing after an ...

Snow scientist Craig Clements says a snow drought likely contributed to this week’s deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, where eight people died and one is still missing, New snow falling on top of ...

This week's deadly avalanche north of California's Lake Tahoe involved a group of 15 backcountry skiers and left only six survivors. The slide quickly became the deadliest in state history and the ...

A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada as an intense storm brought heavy snow to the region on February 17. Six of the ...

Parts of Colorado's high country are seeing a spike in avalanche danger after a burst of spring snow and strong winds combined to create unstable conditions. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center ...

A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...