Avalanche

More than 180 people have been killed in north Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years, officials said on Feb. 26, with heavy snow set to last for two more days after an unusually dry winter led to fears of drought.
   

The search and rescue operation for three boys who got lost in the Rila Mountain has been temporarily suspended due to the extremely difficult weather conditions.

A part of the rescue team got submerged by snow following an avalanche, according to Hristo Grigorov, President of the Bulgarian Red Cross.

There is real risk of freezing and avalanches in the mountains, Kamen Yakimov of the Mountain Rescue Service told the BNR public radio.

According to him, temperatures in the mountains would drop to -20°C on New Year's eve.

Heavy snowfall brought both chaos and joy across Europe overnight Dec. 28, with some 15,000 people stranded overnight in the French Alps while skiers revelled in the fresh powder blanketing slopes.
      
A winter storm left thousands of Britons without power, sent trucks sliding across icy highways in Germany and caused airport delays and traffic disruptions across the region.

A hydroelectric plant (HES) construction in the Black Sea province of Giresun will continue for three more months despite a court order for a stay of execution, after a decision from the governor who alleged that stopping works could increase risks of landslides and avalanches.

Police say a 59-year-old Greek man has died in an accident while climbing Mount Olympus, Greece's highest mountain.

The man was close to the 2,917-meter (9,570-feet) summit, when he slipped and dropped more than 200 meters (660 feet) into a ravine.

Authorities said there was intermittent fog high up the mountain.

Two skiers were killed after a massive avalanche swept down a slope at the Russian mountain resort used for the Sochi Olympics the day after it opened to the public.

An 80 cubic meter avalanche struck at Sochi's Rosa Khutor ski resort on Sunday, burying six skiers on the 'Labyrinth' slope, Interfax news agency reports.