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Whirlybird Rescue. Hardest hit of all Europe, however, were the valleys of Switzerland and Austria, where only a month ago hotelkeepers, hoping for good ski weather, had despaired of the unseasonable warmth. There, the choking Staublawinen (dust avalanches), which literally drown their victims in a rush of dry, powdery snow, and the hurtling Rutschlawinen (slide avalanches), which bury their victims under sliding tons of packed snow, ice and boulders, wrought fearful havoc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEATHER: Sliding Death | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

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