Sentence examples for snowslide from inspiring English sources

A massive predawn snowslide, preceded by days of blizzards and storms, engulfed 19 homes and claimed the lives of 20 persons in the fishing village.

The other, a forty-three-year old father of two, got caught in what's called a "terrain trap" — an inopportune bit of topography that made a relatively minor snowslide a deadly event.

Rossetto said he did not see any other climbers hit by the snowslide.

Eric Fournier, the mayor of Chamonix, described the snowslide as one of the deadliest in recent years.

The snowslide, which was the deadliest avalanche to hit the Alps this year, swept away eight people, including several foreign climbers.

The other, a forty-three-year old father of two, got caught in what's called a "terrain trap"—an inopportune bit of topography that made a relatively minor snowslide a deadly event.

The heavy accumulation, combined with the detonation of explosives planted underneath enemy positions, resulted in huge snowslides that took out thousands of troops from each side.

Heavy snow in the Himalayas triggered a series of snowslides and mudflows that killed at least 49 persons and trapped scores of others; more than 500 persons were rescued.

Attempts to extend the railway eastward via Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park (44 miles [71 km] northeast of Revelstoke), however, were abandoned because of snowslides there.

Seven people have been killed by an avalanche in the French Alps in one of the country's worst snowslides in a decade.

A total of 12 skiers have been killed by sudden snowslides in the Alps since the start of the year.