BEIJING — A landslide buried 47 people in a remote village in mountainous southwestern China on Monday, state media said. Hours later, two survivors were rescued amid freezing temperatures and falling snow. The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. By evening, nine bodies … Read more
ROME — Two hikers on snowshoes were killed by an avalanche in the Italian Alps near Switzerland, a rescue service said Sunday. The avalanche occurred around noon on Sunday at the 2,200-meter (7,200-foot) level in the Formazza valley in the Piedmont region, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for Italy’s alpine rescue service. The force of … Read more
An indication warning the general public of harmful river situations is posted alongside the American River in Sacramento, California on Might 23, 2023. Photograph: Haven Daley (AP) A collection of consecutive snowstorms dropped a variety of snow throughout California’s mountains this winter. And now all of that snow is lastly melting and filling up the … Read more