Hokkaido police issue manga alerts as more foreign backcountry skiers get stranded
Hokkaido police issue manga alerts as more foreign backcountry skiers get stranded - Mainichi Shimbun
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Hokkaido police issue manga alerts as more foreign backcountry skiers get stranded - Mainichi Shimbun

A ski trip in the California mountains turned deadly due to an avalanche, resulting in one of the worst avalanche disasters in US history and claiming the lives of women among a tight-knit group of friends.

Nine backcountry skiers are missing after an avalanche in the mountains of California, where a massive storm is causing whiteout conditions and hampering rescue efforts.
Police in Hokkaido, Japan, are using manga alerts to warn and assist foreign backcountry skiers who are increasingly getting stranded.
Crews have recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers days after they were caught in an avalanche in California, confirming multiple fatalities from the incident.
An avalanche in the US has resulted in the deaths of eight skiers, with another still missing, marking it as one of the deadliest avalanches since 1981.

Rescuers in California have recovered the body of the ninth and final person missing in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the local sheriff's office said.

Fifteen skiers went missing on Tuesday following a massive avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region. One person remains missing but is presumed dead.
Police have issued a warning to California skiers to stay home as Interstate 80 is closed in both directions.