Tag: avalanche
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Avalanche kills mountaineer, injures 6 in Pakistan
A seven-member Pakistan-Italian friendship expedition and the local mountaineer had started their adventure to climb an unknown 5,300-metre peak in the Hindukush mountain range in Ishkoman valley on June 2.
June 18, 2019 -
Five bodies spotted in aerial photographs, scattered rucksacks hint climbers killed in avalanche
In an aerial survey, the IAF team traced bodies of five mountaineers and their rucksacks.
June 3, 2019 -
Kinnaur avalanche: Bodies of remaining two Indian Army jawans retrieved
On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of the survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 14, 2019 -
Kinnaur: Search operations enter day 21 as two Indian Army jawans still missing
On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of the survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 12, 2019 -
Himachal: Body of another Army jawan retrieved from avalanche
On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 9, 2019 -
Operation to rescue five jawans trapped in avalanche resumes
The rescue operations to trace the five missing jawans of 7 J&K Rifles in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh resumed as weather cleared on Friday. A team of six jawans were buried alive in an avalanche while patrolling Namgia Dogri at the Shipki La border post in Kinnaur district on Wednesday afternoon. One of the …
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February 22, 2019 -
Eight killed, 2 injured as avalanche hits police post near Jawahar Tunnel
The avalanche hit the police post on Thursday evening and also blocked the tunnel.
February 8, 2019 -
4 dead, 10 missing, hundreds stranded in J-K after season’s heaviest snowfall
Availability of essential commodities including food items and petroleum products has been hit by continued closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway.
February 8, 2019 -
10 missing after avalanche hits Jammu-Srinagar highway
According to police sources, the avalanche hit a police post near the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday evening.
February 8, 2019 -
Trapped in avalanche, Army jawan rescued
Trapped for hours together in an avalanche, an Indian Army jawan was rescued by the Border Road Organization (BRO) at Rohtang on Sunday morning. The army jawan was trapped under the avalanche on Saturday evening at North portal of Rohtang tunnel after the huge mass of snow triggered from the adjoining mountain when he along …
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February 26, 2018 -
Avalanche kills three Indian Army soldiers in Kashmir
At least three jawans of the Indian Army lost their lives when an avalanche hit an Army post in Kupwara’s Machil Sector on Friday, 2 February. The post is located near the LoC in J-K. On 31 January, the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment had issued an avalanche warning in several districts of J-K after …
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February 2, 2018 -
Volcano erupts in Japan, triggers avalanche
A volcano northwest of here erupted on Tuesday, the Japanese Met office said, triggering a nearby avalanche. Some 15 persons were injured in the eruption, while four were caught in the avalanche. Mount Kusatsu-Shirane in Gunma erupted triggering the avalanche in the neighbouring Kusatsu International Ski Resort in Kusatsu-machi, a firefighter involved in rescue operation …
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January 23, 2018 -
Swedish skier dies in Gulmarg avalanche
A Swedish skier was on Thursday killed and another injured as the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg was hit by an avalanche. The other skier was rescued from under the snow by a team of the Army. Police identified the killed skier as Daniel and the injured as Benjeman, both Swedish nationals. The skiers were trapped …
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January 18, 2018 -
Engineer killed, 8 missing in J-K avalanche
An engineer of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) was killed and eight others were reported missing after an avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Saturday. On Friday, the avalanche struck a cab at Sadhna Top in Tangdhar area. Search teams rescued a child from the vehicle while six other passengers were …
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January 6, 2018 -
J-K: Seven persons missing in avalanche, 6-yr-old rescued
Seven persons were missing after their vehicle got buried under an avalanche in the Kupwara area of North Kashmir on Friday. However, a 6-year-old boy was rescued. The district authorities confirmed that the vehicle was buried in the Sadhna Pass in Jammu and Kashmir. Seven passengers, including it’s driver, are untraceable. Rescue teams of the …
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January 5, 2018 -
Indian Army pays tribute to soldiers killed in avalanche
The Army on Wednesday paid tributes to two soldiers who died in an avalanche along the Line of Control in Kashmir’s Gurez sector. Lance Naik Marigendra Nath Pramanik and Sepoy Shiv Singh were part of an operational team which was serving in the formidable heights along the LoC and got swept away during a snow …
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December 20, 2017 -
Army team deployed to trace 3 soldiers missing after LoC avalanche
The Army on Wednesday deployed a team from the High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) to trace three soldiers missing after an avalanche hit their post in Gurez Sector of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. Defence Ministry sources said here that the HAWS team from Sonamarg was deployed at the spot on the Line of …
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December 13, 2017