Snowstorms, High Winds, and Avalanche Risk Cause Evacuation of Norwegian Arctic Town Snowstorms and avalanche risk will lead to the evacuation of more than 100 people in the town of Longyearbyen on Norway’s Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, newspaper Aftenposten reported Wednesday. You might also like: Svalbard Trip Report 2018 | Skiing & Sailing Deep Within The Arctic Circle The evacuation of 29 homes and some student dormitories in risky areas will begin […] Avalanche WeatherBrains | January 10, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mount Hood Meadows, OR Had to Evacuate 150 Skiers from Chairlift on Wednesday Mount Hood Meadows, OR evacuated 150 skiers off a chairlift Wednesday after power fluctuations prompted the resort to shut down the lift.ย A storm overnight Tuesday had dumped 10″ of fresh snow at the resort but not before freezing rain left everything coated in ice. ย A Meadows spokesman told OregonLive.com that โpower fluctuationsโ on the resortโs Blue chairlift prompted the resort […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 14, 2018 0 Comments
Swiss Glacier Breaks Free Just After Residents Were Evacuated Around 150 residents of Saas-Grund, Switzerland were forced to evacuate on Saturday after radar surveillance of the Trift Glacier revealed that the glacier’s snout was moving at a rate of 51 inches per day. Trift Glacier has been receding at an increased rate as of late, especially at night. It is located just above the southern town and if it […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
Town Evacuated as Yosemite National Park, CA Fire Grows to 3,200-Acres Authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation of the small town of Wawona, CA due to the increasing size of the South Fork Fire in Yosemite National Park, CA. Air quality in Yosemite is pretty nasty due to this fire and others. The South Fork Fire began on August 13th, 2017 and is now only 10% contained and its cause is […] Fire Firebrains | August 21, 2017 0 Comments
Detwiler Fire Outside Yosemite, CA Triples in Size | Lake Tahoe Basin Under “Air Quality Alert” The Detwiler Fire continues to burn in Mariposa county near Yosemite National Park, causing road closures and evacuations. The fire has almost tripped in size over the past three days, growing from 25,000 acres to its current size of more than 70,000 acres. Currently, the fire is only 10% contained.ย Firefighters have called the fire “extreme and aggressive,” and Governorย Jerry Brown […] Weather Roger Romani | July 20, 2017 0 Comments
Emergency Evacuation Issued for Oroville Dam, CA Area Due to Potential Emergency Spillway Failure | “THIS IS NOT A DRILL” video of the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam, CA yesterday at 11am Butte County, CA officials fear that the Oroville dam emergency spillway is going to fail today. ย Emergency evacuations have been issued. ย This is not a drill. The California Department of Water Resources issued this evacuation advisory at approximately 4:40pm PST today just 4 hours after holding press conference […] SnowBrains | February 12, 2017 2 Comments