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At least 11 people died after an avalanche hit members of a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area in northern Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday. Another 13 people were injured in the avalanche which struck a group of families at Shounter Top Pass late …

At least 33 people were killed in eastern Turkey Wednesday by a second avalanche which buried a team of rescuers searching for people hit by the first the day before. The bodies of 33 rescue workers and civilians were discovered in Van province, where they had been helping dig out …

At least 61 people were killed and scores of others trapped after avalanches hit Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, media reported citing a disaster management official. The Neelum Valley area is the worst hit with 57 people killed, while four others were killed in Rawalakot and Kotli areas, according to the …

Three renowned mountain climbers are feared to have died after an avalanche in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjörg Auer were attempting to scale a challenging route up the east face of Howse Peak in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said. The …