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Italy remembers Rigopiano avalanche seven years ago

Italy on Thursday marked the seventh anniversary of the Rigopiano Hotel avalanche disaster in Abruzzo that claimed 29 lives. The avalanche hit the hotel in Farindola on January 18, 2017 as 40 people, including guests and staff, were inside waiting for help following extreme weather conditions and a series of earthquakes in the area. Most of the 29 victims were instantly crushed to death. Eleven people survived. Rescuers reached the site several hours after the avalanche and had to travel on foot because roads had been blocked by heavy snow.
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Avalanche in Juneau dusts downtown neighborhood

After more than 30 inches of snow fell over the holiday weekend, avalanche activity in Juneau is high. A Monday evening avalanche has blocked Thane Road, and a Tuesday morning avalanche dusted homes in the Behrends neighborhood. But no damage has been reported. Juneau’s emergency programs manager Tom Mattice said it will take a few days for the weekend’s snow to bond with the existing snowpack. In the meantime, strong winds over the ridges could trigger more avalanches. “The area that slid on Behrends this morning was a very small piece of a much bigger avalanche path,” Mattice said. “So there is still danger up there. But I don’t believe that the depth [of snow] is enough to hit houses.”
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Brighton Resort Requiring Avalanche Beacons (Temporary)

Following a weeklong storm cycle that deposited 64 inches of snow Milly Bowl at Utah's Brighton Resort opened today, but only to those equipped with avalanche safety gear, including a beacon, probe, and shovel. The resort explained on Instagram yesterday that the initiative was "temporary," and the Milly Bowl would open to the general public "soon."
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