Sentence examples for because of avalanche from inspiring English sources

Towns like Zermatt have been periodically cut off from the outside world because of avalanche risks.

The 19th stage in the 21-leg race had already been altered because of avalanche threats and sub-zero temperatures.

Mauro Santambrogio of Italy won the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia in rain, wind and snow Saturday on a course that was changed because of avalanche threats.

Even today, the well-developed road that leads out of the valley can be blocked for several days under heavy snow conditions because of avalanche danger.

A 60-mile stretch of Interstate 70 west of Denver was closed because of avalanche danger.

The hotel is closed the rest of the year because of avalanches.

The climbers had been unable to leave the mountain because of avalanches triggered by the tremors.

But according to statistics given to the BBC by the Himalaya Database in 2015, by far the highest number of people who died did so because of avalanches (29%), with falls being the next largest cause of death (23%).

When the road is closed because of avalanches and land slides, helicopter transport is used.

In Lyngen, we have seen that the interviewed tourists had a very different awareness and perception of the tsunami risk compared to the people living or working there: tourists are more concerned about the risk of avalanche because Lyngen is a popular Nordic skiing destination and avalanches are a major and well-known risk for Norway.

The tragedy came less than a week after two school pupils and a Ukrainian skier were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps while skiing on a black run that had been closed because of the avalanche risk.