Miraculous survival after devastating avalanche

Pups spent days trapped under collapsed building

The RCMP says an avalanche near McBride, B.C. has killed five snowmobilers.

Warm weather across the province is a welcome change for many looking to get outdoors, although experts are cautioning backcountry-goers to be prepared for potential avalanches. As Sohrab Sandhu tells us, as temperatures rise across much...

Officials are warning about dangerous avalanche conditions across B.C. and Alberta after a skier died in the Alberta Rockies near Canmore and a snowshoer was buried for nearly 20 minutes before being rescued just north of Vancouver.

A woman was buried by an avalanche and stuck upside down for 20 minutes under the snow, and her rescuers say it's a miracle that she's still alive. CBC's Georgie Smyth has more on that, and details of another avalanche that took a man's...

North Shore Rescue is stressing the importance of checking avalanche conditions and being prepared to venture into the backcountry after a close-call rescue of a couple buried in a slide on Mount Seymour.

A colossal snow avalanche has stuck Jammu and Kashmir, particularly targeting the vicinity of the workshop dedicated to the construction of the Zojila tunnel in Sonamarg. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported thus far, providing...

Rescue Crews Halt Recovery Mission in French Alps After Avalanche Kills Six

Avalanche Canada has warned British Columbia's snowpack this season is unusually weak and highly susceptible to avalanches, with such conditions usually seen once every one or two decades. In addition to the two fatalities Monday, three...

An off-duty Nelson, B.C., police officer was killed in an avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., while skiing with a friend and fellow officer who is now in hospital in serious condition. Experts say the risk of avalanches remains high.

A cold snap across northern Europe is affecting several countries, causing flights to be cancelled and other travel disruption in the UK, and avalanche warnings in Poland.

Simon Horton, senior avalanche forecaster at Avalanche Canada, says human-triggered avalanches are likely in certain parts of B.C., including the area where an avalanche killed one off-duty police officer and badly injured another.

Dozens of rescue workers were struck by a second snowslide as they tried to find the victims of the first.

Rescue teams had been sent out to find survivors after avalanche hit highway in Van province, killing five people.

The RCMP say three skiers are dead and another critically injured after they were caught up in an avalanche near Kaslo. As Brady Strachan reports, it happened Monday afternoon in a high-risk alpine area.

Three heli-skiers were killed and another was critically injured Monday after an avalanche in southeastern B.C. swept them away, according to RCMP. Mark Jennings-Bates, the manager of Kaslo Search and Rescue, speaks to host Ian...

Banff National Park is seeing regular reports of both naturally-occurring and human-triggered avalanches in the region. The cause is recent heavy snowfall, which is putting a massive strain on an already weak snowpack.

A massive avalanche in Alaska has buried three skiers, who are now presumed dead, while a fourth skier managed to escape unharmed. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing as authorities battle harsh conditions to locate the missing.

Four more bodies were found on Sunday at the site of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) project in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, which was struck by an avalanche on Friday.

Thirty-three of a total of 55 BRO workers trapped under an avalanche in the high-altitude village of Mana in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have been rescued, with concerns over the safety of the remaining 22 mounting as night fell on...

Thirty-three of a total of 55 BRO workers trapped under an avalanche in the high-altitude village of Mana in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have been rescued, with concerns over the safety of the remaining 22 mounting as night fell on...

As the Army rushes to locate four workers still missing after Friday’s avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, rescuers say finding the three missing containers where they were staying is crucial. While five containers have been recovered,...

Thirty-three of a total of 55 BRO workers trapped under an avalanche in the high-altitude village of Mana in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have been rescued, with concerns over the safety of the remaining 22 mounting as night fell on...