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How Many People Die From Avalanches Every Year ?

Avalanches, a natural disaster referring to an abrupt speedy flood of snow downhill a slope, as a result of human activity or natural causing a dangerous escalating changeover from the slow symmetry progression of the snowfall pack. This sliding of snow can catch up a speed of 80 miles per hour and have a mass of 10,000,000 tones claims nearly 150 lives every year around the globe.

In the US, 25 people lose their lives to this disaster. The government can never be too sure of this statistics because many non-fatal accidents go un-reported. Its share in the loss of property varies annually but on an average a loss of $31,200 is incurred.

Between 1995 an 2005, in its state of Utah, 13 percent deaths are due to flash floods and 23 percent due to lightening whereas avalanches account to 64 percent of these deaths. 90 percent of the avalanche-related losses are due to slab avalanches. The others are isothermal avalanches occurring due to water saturation in snow packs. In 2009, out of the avalanches victims, 45 percent of them were skimobilers, 23 percent were skiers, 18 percent were snow boarders and 14 percent were other recreationalists.

Around one-third of America accounting to 50 states face risk from avalanches. And they claim more lives than any other natural disaster in a minimum of 2 states out of these 50 states. It is more severe threat than any other form of landslide as its average death toll exceeds that of theirs. The US stands fifth in the global avalanche risk position. The states of Utah, Alaska and Colorado top this danger.

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