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  • 7/8/2025
This video was captured from the base of Mount Blanc in the French Alps and this was the moment an avalanche began rolling down its face, an event which ended in the deaths of several people. According to local authorities, the avalanche covered more than half-a-mile in snow and debris, though they still don’t know what started it.

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00:00This video was captured from the base of Mount Blanc in the French Alps, and this was the moment
00:05an avalanche began rolling down its face, an event which ended in the deaths of several people.
00:10According to local authorities, the avalanche covered more than half a mile of the mountain's
00:14face in snow and debris, though they still don't know what started it. However, according to
00:18National Geographic, 90% of avalanches begin due to human causes. This one in particular occurred
00:24at an elevation of just under 11,500 feet. According to Reuters, at least four people
00:30are reported to have been killed by the avalanche while they were backcountry skiing on the mountain.
00:34However, authorities are continuing search and rescue efforts in the event more were caught
00:38up in it. The identities of those killed are still unknown as well. Avalanches can travel
00:43upwards of 80 miles per hour while rumbling down the mountain face, reaching those speeds
00:47in around five seconds according to National Geographic, meaning if you're in its path,
00:52there's little you can do to evade it. National Geographic also reports that these types of
00:56events kill some 150 people every year, with experts saying they could become more common
01:01as climate change worsens.

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