1.   By the time they reached the base of the falls, an avalanche had swept away the caterpillar tracks of the snowcat.

2.   The climbers had tried to climb the mountain via the demanding Liberty Ridge route Monday when an avalanche apparently swept away much of their gear.

3.   An avalanche swept over a ski area at the foot of Mount Blanc on Saturday, killing at least one person, police in this Alps resort said.

4.   An avalanche swept down on a group of sleeping Japanese mountaineers, killing six and injuring at least eight in Pakistan, officials said Thursday.

5.   Avalanches swept down Alpine slopes at the height of the ski season Monday, killing three skiers in Italy and three in Switzerland.

6.   Cohn said it is unclear how many of the eight snowboarders were actually swept under by the avalanche.

7.   On Wednesday, a small avalanche swept a ski trail in the northern Troms province, catching one skier and breaking his leg.

8.   One skier was killed and another injured Thursday after an avalanche swept down a mountainside near a ski resort in the Jura range in eastern France.

9.   The avalanches of mud swept away or damaged homes throughout the southern Italian region, leaving thousands of people homeless.

10.   The avalanche also swept through a shack where eight children and their parents were sleeping.