Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said, making it the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. in more than four decades.
6 other skiers were found alive Tuesday and rescued
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Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said, making it the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. in more than four decades.
Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon announced the deaths at a news conference Wednesday.
Search and rescue crews were dispatched to the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada after a 911 call Tuesday afternoon reporting an avalanche had buried 15 skiers. Six of them have been found alive.
It is the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. since 1981, when 11 climbers were killed on Mount Rainier in Washington.
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