LETHAL SNOW

Officials Deliver Grim Update in Deadly California Avalanche Horror

Eight skiers have been found dead in the deadliest avalanche in California history.

Eight skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after the deadliest avalanche in California history, officials said. The avalanche struck Tuesday in Truckee near Lake Tahoe as backcountry skiers returned from a three-day Blackbird Mountain Guides trip in the Castle Peak area. More than 46 emergency responders have been searching the area since a mountain guide called 911 at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Six survivors were safely evacuated, while the bodies remain on the mountainside due to continued avalanche threats and heavy snow. Capt. Rusty Greene of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department told the Washington Post that “the longer that we continue to have people out there and exposed, the higher chance we put our rescuers in danger.”