An avalanche near McBride, British Columbia, has killed
five people, according to Donita Cuzma of the British Columbia Coroners
Service.
The avalanche struck at 1:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m.
ET).
Two groups of snowmobilers were involved, Cuzma said. A
search team rescued six survivors from one of the groups.
Karl Klassen, the warning service manager at Avalanche
Canada, a nongovernmental organization, said the group received a report of
"what appears to be a very large, significant avalanche event," and
knows it was human-triggered.
"Fairly significant weather event added rain and
snow to the snowpack over the last few days followed by clearing and cooling
today," Klassen said. "This may have produced stresses in the
snowpack capable of producing large avalanches and this condition could take
several days to settle and bond."
McBride is about 470 miles from Vancouver.
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