All posts tagged "Avalanche"

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that eight skiers who went missing following an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains were found dead; one other remained missing.

The skiers, who were between 30 and 55 years of age, were confirmed dead as rescuers struggled to search due to weather conditions near Truckee, California, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference.

"Due to the ongoing challenges of the weather, the avalanche conditions, the effort remains ongoing as well as our search for the remaining skier, but the weather is a factor," Moon said. ...

Donald Trump may appear to be sitting pretty financially for now, but the world is about to crash in on him, according to a former official in the ex-president's administration.

Former White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports on Saturday, where he was asked if Trump is going to be forced to liquidate assets to pay columnist E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million jury award in a defamation case. In an earlier trial, the former president was found liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in the 1990s.

"Will he have to liquidate assets?" the host asked. ...

An avalanche that smashed into a Pakistan army camp Saturday in aremote area in the Himalayas has buried as many as 135 people, including 124 soldiers, the military said.

A rescue crew in southern Kosovo pulled a five-year-old girl out of her family's crushed home Sunday morning after a severe avalanche.