Avalanches kill 5 in Mont., Utah, Idaho
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Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.
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Winter storms and avalanches across Europe killed at least six people and left three missing, and authorities in Bulgaria declared a state of emergency Friday.
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At least four skiers died in avalanches in the French Alps as hopes faded for a Canadian couple missing since Sunday while snowboarding in Switzerland, emergency services said.
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A man died after being caught in an avalanche Saturday while snowmobiling near Tower Mountain in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, authorities said.
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The big snows that pummeled the Cascade Range recently have made this one of the deadliest avalanche seasons on record in Washington.
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By Jennifer Toomer-Cook Deseret Morning News  Round 1 of the weekend snowstorms walloped Utah County early Saturday, and Round 2 could end up nearly as bad, the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City reported.
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(MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash.) - Minor earthquakes continue to bring down rock avalanches from the crater walls around Mount St.
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A huge avalanche at Whitefish Mountain Resort killed two backcountry skiers and searchers combed the slide area for other possible victims
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An avalanche in central Russia on Monday  killed at least four children and seriously injured nine  others, RIA news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia's  emergency ministry as saying.
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Avalanches killed three skiers and critically injured four others Saturday in Austria's Alps, and authorities suspended a search for a missing American snowboarder.
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Police officers and other emergency personnel respond to the scene of an accident that closed the street near Utah Valley State College in Orem for several hours on Friday. A pickup truck knocked down two trees and a power line.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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By Jared S. Hopkins, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Feb.
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Rescuers searched Monday through the remnants of a deadly avalanche, unsure whether more backcountry skiers had been caught up in the slide in northwestern Montana.
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Seven mines are open so far in five Western states, including one in Utah.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 18--Snow falling in the mountains helped firefighters gain the upper hand on two large wildfires over the weekend.   Crews hope to contain the Middle Fork Complex fire today.
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Three climbers who fell from a ledge while ascending Mount Hood have been located and rescuers were using ropes to reach them late Sunday, while five others who were stranded have been taken down the mountain to a lodge, according to rescue officials.
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Search teams failed on Saturday  to find as many as five off-trail skiers believed trapped under  30 feet (nine meter) of snow by a massive avalanche near Park  City, Utah.