Avalanche

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    Woman films dramatic footage of avalanche crashing towards house in Norway

    A Norwegian woman showed she had quick wits and a cool head by recording a video of a "dramatic" avalanche as it cascaded towards her house. Gunn Gravem Isaksen, a 48-year-old shop manager from the town of Furugrenda in central Norway,

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    British woman and boyfriend caught in avalanche near Everest

    A British woman and her partner have spoken of the moment a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area where they were hiking near Mount Everest and triggered an avalanche which forced them to run for their lives. SEE ALSO: Hiker missing in Himalayas

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    Mountaineers witness massive avalanche in Canada

    A group of mountaineers in Canada recently witnessed a life-threatening avalanche. See also: Snowboarder gets caught in avalanche See also: Bombs used to trigger avalanche in Colorado The experienced group noticed debris falling from the

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    Avalanche blankets homes in Norway

    Fifteen homes have been evacuated after an avalanche in the south of Norway. See also: Snowboarder gets caught in avalanche See also: Bombs used to trigger avalanche in Colorado Snow buildup and constant landslides caused the avalanche,

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    Snowboarder gets caught in avalanche

    This terrifying footage shows the moment a snowboarder got caught in an avalanche in Switzerland. The rider undoubtedly thought it was going to be fun going down the slope of a mountain, but things got very dangerous, very quickly. See also:

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    Bombs used to trigger avalanche in Colorado

    Avalanche control teams dropped bombs from a helicopter onto Ajax Peak in Telluride, Colorado, on Thursday, 26 January, to trigger an avalanche. The avalanche can be seen about 30 seconds into the video above. See also: Italy avalanche: Eight

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Tourists underestimate power of an avalanche in Chile

    Dramatic footage has emerged from Chile of two tourists having a very close call with a massive avalanche in Torres del Paine national park in Patagonia. The video, captured by one of the tourists, shows the avalanche charging through the

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