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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 on Wednesday (February 18, 2026), making it the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. in more than four decades. Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference that authorities have told the families…
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Trucks are lined up along Interstate 80 during a storm in Truckee, California, on February 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ten skiers were missing and another six were stranded in an avalanche that struck a backcountry slope near Lake Tahoe in the midst of heavy snow in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains on Tuesday (February…
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