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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 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho) United States 2020

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References

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