List of avalanches by death toll

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This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches.

Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date
1 22,000 Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[1] Peru 1970
2 2,000−10,000 White Friday (1916)[2] Italy 1916
3 4,000 Huascarán avalanche[1] Peru 1962
4 310 2015 Afghanistan avalanches Afghanistan 2015
5 265 Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches Austria-Switzerland-Italy 1951
6 201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) 2012 Afghanistan avalanches[3] Afghanistan 2012
7 200 Lahaul Valley avalanche[4] India 1979
8 172 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches Afghanistan 2010
9 155 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche[5] Japan 1918
10 154[citation needed] 1918 Asahi village avalanche Japan 1918
11 138 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche Pakistan 2012
12 125
Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide
 Russia 2002
13 107 Saint-Martin[6] (Hautes-Pyrénées) France 1600
14 102 2010 Kohistan avalanche Pakistan 2010
15 97 1992 Görmeç avalanche Turkey 1992
16 96 Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States United States 1910
17 90 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche[7] Japan 1922
18 84 1938 Unazuki avalanche[8] Japan 1938
19 81 Pragelato Italy 1904
20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches Austria 1954
21 70 Frassino avalanche Italy 1885
22 65 Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska) United States 1898
23 62 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada Canada 1910
24 59 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche Turkey 1993
25 55 Møre og Romsdal Norway 1679
26 50[citation needed] Siglunesi Iceland 1613
27 43 La Giettaz (Savoie)[9] France 1641
Lenin Peak disaster[10] Kyrgyzstan 1990
2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster Nepal October 2014
30 42
1995 Gokyo avalanche[11]
 Nepal 1995
31 41 2020 Van avalanches Turkey 2020
32 40 Puente del Inca avalanche[12] Argentina 1965
33 39 1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)[13] France 1970
34 38 Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)[14] France 1749
35 37 Ortiporio (Corsica) France 1934
36 32 Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) France 1757
37 31 1999 Galtür avalanche Austria 1999
38 29 Rigopiano avalanche Italy 2017
39 28 Granduc Mine Avalanche[15] Canada 1965
2023 Nyingchi avalanche China 2023
39 27 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche India 2022
40 24 Seyðisfjörður Iceland 1885
2017 Gurez sector avalanche India 2017
42 23 Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in Romania Romania April 1977
43 22 2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake[16][17] Nepal April 2015
44 21 Sogn og Fjordane Norway 1873
Lofoten Norway 1956
46 20 Hnífsdalur Iceland 1910
1995 Flateyri avalanche Iceland 1995
48 18 Rybô[18] Slovakia 1924
49 16
1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy
 Nepal 1937
Low Tatras[19] Slovakia 1956
Vassdall Norway 1986
2014 Mount Everest avalanche
 Nepal April 2014
52 15
1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche
 Nepal 1972
2023
Kharough avalanche[20]
 Tajikistan February 2023
53 14 1995 Súðavík avalanche Iceland 1995
54 12 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches Iceland 1974
High Tatras[21] Slovakia 1974
1999 Montroc avalanche[22] France 1999
Kaprun avalanche Austria 2000
58 11 2009 Zigana avalanche Turkey 2009
Manaslu[23] Nepal 2012
2022 Marmolada serac collapse Italy 2022
2023 Astore avalanche Pakistan 2023
62 10 2009 Afghan avalanches Afghanistan 2009
63 9 Seyðisfjörður Iceland 1732
Siglufjörður Iceland 1919
Cerro ventana avalanche[24] Argentina 2002
2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche Poland January 2003
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)[25] France 2012
Restelica Kosovo 2012
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[26][27][28][29][30] China (Tibet) 2016
70 8
Flathead Valley avalanches
 Canada 2008
Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom United Kingdom 1836
72 7 Alpine Meadows (northern California) United States March 1982
Sankt Anton am Arlberg
(Wolfsgruben avalanche)		 Austria 1988
2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche Canada 2003
Western Tatras Slovakia 2005
76 6 Oravska Magura Slovakia 1968
1970 Mount Everest disaster Nepal 1970
2009 Schalfkogel avalanche Austria 2009
Valfréjus avalanche France January 2016
80 5 Loveland Pass avalanche[31] (Colorado) United States 2013
2016 Geier avalanche Austria February 2016
82 4 2021
Millcreek Canyon avalanche[32] (Utah
)		 United States 2021
83 3 1996 Mount Everest disaster[33] Nepal 1996
2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche United Kingdom 2009
2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) United States 2012
2019 Howse Peak avalanche Canada 2019
2020
northern Idaho
)		 United States 2020

See also

References

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  32. ^ Burt, Spencer; Napoli, Jonah; Joseph, Spencer (February 6, 2021). "Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche". KSTU-TV. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  33. ^ "Lopsang Sherpa, two others killed on Everest". Summit Journal 1996. Outside Online. 1996. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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