Thursday, April 17, 2008

Some outdoor recreation weather dangers

In New Zealand, six college students and their instructor drowned on Tuesday in a flash flood while hiking in the Mangetepopo Gorge.

Climbers in Scotland are concerned about the seasonal ending of the avalanche forecasting service while large amounts of snow remain on the mountains. Up in Juneau, Alaska, the problem is a major avalanche that knocked out transmission lines supplying power to the city.

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