Jan 15 21 more people found dead from avalanche in Kashmir By Roshan Mughal, Associated Press Rescuers were racing against time to reach scores of people believed still to be trapped inside their homes, buried under avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Continue reading
May 03 Despite death and destruction, climbers head back up Mount Everest By Sarah McHaney PBS NewsHour spoke to Grayson Schaffer, a senior editor for Outside Magazine, about the destruction the avalanche caused, whether Mt. Everest is getting more dangerous and why business as usual will start again so soon. Continue reading
Apr 26 Photos: Massive earthquake strikes Nepal By Triana Kalmanoff One day after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged Nepal on Saturday, a series of aftershocks have continued to shake the region, one of which measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch An avalanche rescue caught on camera By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, earlier this year, an Australian man named James Mort survived being buried in an avalanche while skiing in the Swiss Alps thanks to rescue efforts by his friends, one of whom captured… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch News Wrap: Keystone oil pipeline decision delayed again By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the State Department extended the federal review of the controversial plan to add on to the Keystone oil pipeline, citing a Nebraska legal fight for the delay. Environmental groups welcomed the news, but House Speaker… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone Ministers Move Closer to Granting Greece Next Bailout In other news Monday, Eurozone finance ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels that Greece must implement more austerity measures before they approve a $171 billion bailout package to avoid defaulting on its debts. Also, U.N. inspectors began a two-day… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch News Wrap: Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania Dies at 77 In other news Monday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died at the age of 77, and the nation's capital and much of the Mid-Atlantic remained snowbound in the wake of a weekend blizzard. Continue watching
Mar 04 NASA Orbiter Reveals Avalanches on Mars By PBS News Hour A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has sent back the first-ever images of avalanches on the red planet, NASA announced Monday. Continue reading