Tag: Avalanches
Some avalanches release like earthquakes
One of the greatest risks of winter ski tours away from secured pistes is certainly slabs of snow, which can develop into avalanches and sweep people away. According to a…
Alpine experts warn – after an accident: rock avalanches are the greatest danger
The softening of the permafrost and the rockfalls associated with it are causing great concern to alpine experts. The state geologist does not see the accidents in June in the…
Avalanche’s DeFi all schuss to Bitcoin: Coinbase’s bet
An Avalanche of novelties – Avalanche (AVAX) is a blockchain smart contracts called EVM-compatible. With its 10 billion dollars in TVL, it ranks 4th in the ranking of blockchains for…
Defregger group – Search operation for avalanches in East Tyrol: No victims!
Shortly after 1 p.m. there was an avalanche alarm in East Tyrol! Eyewitnesses had reported an avalanche between Toblacher Pfannhorn and Pfanntor in Innervillgraten. A major search operation began. According…
Austria: a hundred avalanches since Friday, nine dead
Nine people have died in the last three days in Austria, mainly in the Tyrol region where around a hundred avalanches have been recorded. On Friday, the emergency services had…
Numerous deaths in avalanches at the weekend
Almost a dozen people have died in avalanches in the Alps within a few days. How does this accumulation come about? The edge of the large avalanche above Lenzerheide, which…
Danger of avalanches in Austria – another avalanche in Tyrol claims fatalities – News
On Saturday there was another avalanche accident in Tyrol. According to the police, at least one person died in Schmirn below the Gammerspitze. The police are still looking for one…
Rescued alive – Tyrol: Another 3 people buried in avalanches
The series of avalanches in Tyrol does not stop: In the Zillertal and in Gries im Sulztal (Imst district), a total of three people were buried by snow masses on…
Avalanches – fresh snow demanded the Styrian mountain rescuers
The Styrian mountain rescuers had to go out on 33 missions in alpine terrain over the weekend. On the Hauser Kaibling, a ski tourer was swept away by an avalanche…
It’s getting warm – the danger of avalanches and landslides increases
The weather is remarkably capricious: after the continuous rain of the past few days, glorious sunshine with spring-like high temperatures is the order of the day. Skiers enjoy the mild…
The weather forecast for Friday, December 31, 2021: flood alert in the Ain, risk of avalanches in the Northern Alps
The Ain is on orange alert for risks of flooding and overflows. Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie present a significant risk of avalanches. The weather will be sunny in the rest…
There is a high risk of avalanches in Valais and Central Switzerland
1/2 On Wednesday, there is a high risk of an avalanche in Valais. 2/2 The avalanche service SLW classified the central northern slope of the Alps without the foothills of…