Floods, landslides, and other rain-related disasters have killed at least 32 people across Nepal since September 24, 2026, while rescue teams have recovered 11 bodies from the September 27 Himlung Himal avalanche. Updated figures from Baglung and Manang raised the combined minimum from all incidents to at least 43 by October 1, with five avalanche victims still missing.
The death toll from the September 6 avalanche on Mount Mizhirgi in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria has risen to 14, while three climbers remain missing. Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) suspended search-and-rescue operations at 15:50 MSK (12:50 UTC) on September 9 after another snow-and-ice mass descended in the Bezengi Gorge. The agency said 63 personnel were at the site and that a Mi-8 helicopter was expected to be deployed after daylight on September 10.
An avalanche derailed a train near the Swiss town of Göppenstein on February 16, 2026, injuring five out of the 29 passengers on the train.
At least one person was reported dead as Storm Nils brought damaging winds to France late on February 11, 2026, with gusts exceeding 180 km/h (112 mph) recorded in parts of the country. More than 900 000 customers were left without power as authorities issued red and orange alerts across multiple departments, while Savoie was placed under a rare red avalanche alert on February 12 after multiple avalanches were reported.
Snow avalanches struck northern Italy and south-eastern France between February 7–8, 2026, killing at least 11 people across multiple Alpine locations. Italian authorities reported several fatalities in Trentino–Alto Adige and Lombardy, while French media confirmed deaths in the Hautes-Alpes. The incidents occurred during a period of elevated avalanche danger following recent snowfall and wind loading.
An avalanche claimed nine lives and injured a 9-year-old child of the same family in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, January 23, 2026.
At least six people have been killed in separate avalanche incidents across the French Alps, with the latest fatalities being reported on January 11, 2026.
One snowmobiler was killed by an avalanche on the Rockies Mountains in British Columbia on December 30, 2025.
Record December snowfall reaching over 200 cm (80 inches) in Juneau, Alaska, caused multiple vessels to sink in the city’s harbors as heavy, wet snow accumulated. The heavy snow was driven by multiple atmospheric rivers, which brought heavy precipitation to much of the region through late December 2025.
An avalanche struck the slopes of Mount Tosc at an altitude of 2 275 m (7 464 feet) in Slovenia’s Julian Alps on Sunday, October 5, killing three Croatian mountaineers. The victims were part of a group of seven, descending toward the Bohinj valley when unstable snow and strong winds triggered the slide. The rescue…
