Avalanche rescue involves locating and retrieving people who have been buried in avalanches. There are several ways to prevent avalanches and lessen their...

290 km/h (180 mph), the powder avalanche overturned cars, destroyed buildings and buried 57 people. By the time rescue crews managed to arrive, 31 people...

Search and rescue – Rescue of missing, trapped, or at-risk victims Avalanche rescue – Rescue of victims in avalanches Cave rescue – Rescue of victims...

RECCO is a rescue technology used by organised rescue teams as an additional tool to more quickly locate people buried by an avalanche or lost in the...

triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least twenty-two people were killed, surpassing the toll of an avalanche that occurred...

An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating...

Avalanche control or avalanche defense activities reduce the hazard avalanches pose to human life, activity, and property. Avalanche control begins with...

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased...

avalanche occurs, skiers that have remained safe switch their beacons to "receive" signals from buried victims to begin emergency search and rescue procedures...

that any survivors of the avalanche itself would have died within minutes from exposure to the elements. By 9 April, rescue crews working at the scene...