More than 30 U.S. ski racers escaped a fire that gutted their hotel in Chile days before a major international competition, losing gear, passports, wallets, and medications in the chaos. The fire tore through Hotel Alto Nevados on September 6, forcing a mass evacuation that left the building a smouldering shell and wiped out nearly […] The post American ski racers flee Chile hotel blaze with only the clothes on their backs appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 30 U.S. ski racers escaped a fire that gutted their hotel in Chile days before a major international competition, losing gear, passports, wallets, and medications in the chaos. The fire tore through Hotel Alto Nevados on September 6, forcing a mass evacuation that left the building a smouldering shell and wiped out nearly everything the athletes had brought for the opening event of the FIS Masters Alpine Skiing World Cup. Chile's local fire service received the alert at around 5 p.m. on Sunday and deployed more than a dozen vehicles to the scene, The Sun reported . No deaths or serious injuries were reported. But the material toll was severe. The racers had been preparing for the World Cup curtain-raiser, scheduled for…Open
At least 11 people were killed and six others injured after an avalanche struck a group of 33 climbers in Russia’s Mount Mizhirgi, one of the highest peaks in the North Caucasus, according to emergency officials.
Racing against the darkness, rescuers in California on Saturday saved a man who had become stranded on a ledge perched atop a soaring peak on the Sierra Nevada.
The cause of the powerful torrents of floodwater that carved a devastating path through Nepal and Tibet, swallowing towns, roads and bridges — is not yet clear, but Nepal is a hotspot for climate disasters as the planet heats up. Vast swaths of ice are melting, and rocky mountainsides are destabilizing, becoming less solid and more fluid. As glaciers turn to water and create massive lakes in high mountain elevations, summertime melting can release these lakes downstream. On top of it all, climate change is leading to more extreme rainfall that can trigger deadly flooding. 0:00 Helicopter pilot who witnessed the flooding from the air 4:10 How many people were rescued as part of the rescue operation? 6:45 What caused the catastrophic…
DNA testing has confirmed that two bodies found on a fast-shrinking glacier in southern Switzerland belong to a pair of Belgian mountaineers who vanished 34 years ago, the latest case of retreating ice giving up the dead. A hiker crossing the Trift Glacier on July 26 spotted the remains and alerted authorities. Wallis Police launched […] The post Melting Swiss glacier surrenders bodies of two Belgian climbers missing since 1992 appeared first on American Almanac .
DNA testing has confirmed that two bodies found on a fast-shrinking glacier in southern Switzerland belong to a pair of Belgian mountaineers who vanished 34 years ago, the latest case of retreating ice giving up the dead. A hiker crossing the Trift Glacier on July 26 spotted the remains and alerted authorities. Wallis Police launched a recovery operation and transported the bodies to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Wallis Hospital in Sion, where scientists ran DNA comparisons against records of long-missing climbers. The results were conclusive. Wallis Police confirmed the identities in a statement: "A direct comparison of DNA profiles conclusively established that the individuals were two mountaineers who had been missing in the…Open
Incredible footage shows the dramatic moment a hiker captured an avalanche on Mount Everest — with the group quickly zipping up their tent as the wall of snow approached.
The man was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter” three days after leaving for a hike, the National Park Service said.
