Events involving unforeseen and adverse circumstances during ascents or descents of mountains, resulting in injury, death, or significant material loss, characterize these perilous situations. Examples include avalanches, falls, exposure to extreme weather,... Read more »
Hazardous events in mountainous regions encompass a wide range of natural and human-induced phenomena. Avalanches, landslides, rockfalls, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), volcanic eruptions, and severe weather events such as blizzards and... Read more »
Catastrophic events in mountainous regions encompass a range of hazards, including avalanches, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and glacial lake outburst floods. These events can be triggered by natural phenomena such as earthquakes, heavy... Read more »
The December 2005 breach of the upper reservoir at the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant in Reynolds County, Missouri, resulted in a catastrophic release of 1.3 billion gallons of water. This event... Read more »
The incident, often referred to as the deadliest mountain-climbing tragedy in history, involved the Imperial Japanese Army’s Eighth Division during a winter training exercise in the Hakkoda Mountains of Aomori Prefecture, Japan,... Read more »