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Avalanche in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Avalanche March 21, 1999 · Cook Inlet, Alaska

6
Deaths
$25K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tragic avalanche, adjacent to Turnagain Pass on Saturday, took the lives of 6 people. After days of searching by many volunteers, 5 bodies were recovered. The avalanche was triggered by snowmachiners 'high-marking' on the mountain slope during a warm, sunny day...after heavy snows several days before.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681938. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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