Avalanche in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Avalanche February 1, 2000 · Cook Inlet, Alaska

Death

Injuries

$100K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Work crews were releasing snow loads when an avalanche occurred. One D6 caterpiller worker was killed when his 35,000 pound D6 was carried about 400 feet into Turnagain Arm. The cab was crushed. The critically injured operator was taken to an Anchorage hospital by an ERA helicopter on the scene, dying from injuries received a short time later. Two other D6 operators were injured, neither critically.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5129814. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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