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Melting Mont Blanc Glacier Could Collapse at Any Moment | Nearby Roads Closed and Huts Evacuated

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Italian authorities have closed roads and evacuated mountain huts after experts warned that part of a glacier on Mont Blanc could collapse, reports the BBC. About 250,000 cubic meters of ice are in danger of breaking away from the Planpincieux glacier on the Grandes Jorasses peak, officials said. Related: Funeral Held in Swiss Alps in Memory of Glacier Lost to Climate […]
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Big Snow Year Proves To Be Too Much For Montana State University Roof

After a big snow year in Montana, some areas of the state are struggling with the load. On Thursday and Saturday, March 10th and 12th, two gym roofs at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman consecutively collapsed. With Bozeman’s water year precipitation far above average at 126% (USDA) as of March 13th, unforeseen consequences are appearing.  The structural failure of […]
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Man Survives 1,000-Foot Fall After Cornice Breaks in Revelstoke, B.C.

An Alberta snowmobiler was reportedly fell off a 1,000-foot cliff after a cornice he was standing on broke at 1pm on February 17th, 2014 on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, Canada. This is VERY hard to believe, but we are finding multiple media reports saying that he survived a 1,000 foot cliff fall. Even the cops are reporting that they found a 44-year-old man at the bottom of a 1,000-foot cliff uninjured. The guy who took the fall was found by his SPOT emergency messenger. Several phone calls also reported his fall to police. He as located and rescued via helicopter. “Police wish to […]
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