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Naran avalanche damages eight hotels (Pakistan)

More than eight hotels were damaged after a massive glacier skidded onto the road near the famous Saiful Malook Lake, as more details of the avalanche in the hill resort of Naran, in the Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, emerged on Friday, officials at the Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) said.

They said that the Jheel Road, which leads from Naran to the fabled lake, was closed at four places, while there was a high risk of further avalanches. Though the reports from the area were sketchy, initial estimates of the damages suggest that at least eight hotels sustained damage.
More ... (Express Tribune, Pakistan)

Sole survivor of 1982 Alpine Meadows avalanche recalls hope waiting 5 days

More than 40 years after surviving a deadly California avalanche, the sole survivor recalled waiting in total isolation for five days before her rescue, but Anna Conrad Allen said she always knew help was coming. Allen, then 22 years old, was buried by the March 31, 1982, Alpine Meadows avalanche near Lake Tahoe in an area now part of the Palisades Tahoe Ski resort.
More ... (Fox Weather)

Roof avalanche buries teens, seriously injuring one, in CO

A roof avalanche buried two teens outside a Colorado home, leaving one seriously injured, officials say. The pair was playing outside a Breckenridge home on March 18 when a mass of snow slid off the roof, and they were partially buried in the debris. Colorado’s last fatal roof avalanche happened last March when a child died after being buried in snow with their father and sibling, the center said. Over the past 30 years, five people are known to have died in roof avalanches in CO.
More ... (Sacramento Bee)