Avalanches

Avalanches are no longer seasonal inconveniences. They demand urgent attention

June 10, 2025 7:00 pm

They are increasingly conflict multipliers, logistical disruptors, and silent killers in zones of both peacetime deployment and active conflict. What climate change is now doing is making their frequency and unpredictability worse

Avalanche warning issued for Uttarakhand's Chamoli

December 29, 2024 9:31 pm

All officials concerned should be in alert mode, he said in a communication to the district magistrate.

Jammu & Kashmir: Twin avalanches hit Sarbal, no loss of life reported

January 15, 2023 7:01 am

The tunnel is being constructed by the Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL).

J&K: Two labourers killed in avalanche near Zojila

January 13, 2023 3:53 am

The twin snow avalanches hit near Zojila and Hung in Sonamarg, a day after the higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed the season's second snowfall.

Soldier killed, 5 missing in Himachal avalanche

February 21, 2019 7:57 am

According to Army sources, soldiers were patrolling at Namgia Dogri near Shipki La, when an avalanche happened.

J&K Avalanche: 11 bodies recovered from site, govt announces comepensation

January 07, 2018 2:36 am

The vehicles were swept away after the area received a snowfall in the upper reaches. The vehicles were on way to Karnah from Kupwara when the mishap occurred.

Nepal earthquake: First hand account from a mountaineer 

April 27, 2015 8:11 pm

Ghosh is waiting for an announcement by the Nepal Government calling the expedition as "cancelled."

11 people including two army jawans killed in avalanches in J&K

March 12, 2014 3:51 pm

Authorities had issued a high danger avalanche warning for higher reaches of the Valley and asked people not to venture on steep slopes till evening.

Avalanches strikes Gurez area,1 killed

March 20, 2012 1:00 pm

A massive avalanche struck 109 Infantry Brigade of the army in Dawar area of Gurez last month,killing 16 soldiers.

Frozen piles of CO2 on Mars may trigger avalanches

October 30, 2010 1:45 pm

Mysterious gullies are forming on Mars as a result of frozen carbon dioxide that’s piling up on Martian dunes.

Atleast 10 Soldiers Dead As Avalanches Hit Jammu & Kashmir's Gurez Sector

June 22, 2020 7:12 pm