The death toll from the avalanche this week near Lake Tahoe makes it California’s deadliest in modern history — eight people died, and one is still missing. These snowy white landslides are natural ...

This winter was one of the warmest on record across the West. As a result, many snowy, alpine areas have seen bouts of winter rainfall where there would ordinarily only be snow. These unusual weather ...

As the climate warms, scientists are trying to better understand avalanche risks. The say risks for major avalanches at high elevation could be growing while the risk is decreasing at low elevations.

A small village in the Swiss Alps has been engulfed by ice, mud, and rock in a rare natural disaster that points to an uncertain future as unstable mountainous glaciers can break apart in destructive ...

Recent research from the University of Portsmouth suggests some glaciers don’t melt. Rather, they can “explode” into motion, triggering avalanches and floods that could impact nearby communities. Most ...

The study compares two recent events: the 2021 Chamoli disaster in the Indian Himalayas, which killed more than 200 people, and the 2025 ice and rock avalanche in Blatten, Switzerland, which buried ...

TAOS — Darien Fernandez was riding up Taos Ski Valley's Lift 4 to meet his older brother on Jan. 17, 2019, when he came across a sight he'd previously only encountered outside the bounds of a ski ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A cross-section of snowpack reveals a thin, darker ice layer running horizontally through the snow. Ice layers like this one form when rain falls onto snow and freezes, forming a crust. This creates a ...