Winter_of_Terror_(1951)
Winter of Terror
Natural disaster in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Liechtenstein
The Winter of Terror was a three-month period during the winter of 1950–1951 during which an unprecedented number of avalanches took place in the Alps in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.[1][2] The series of 649 avalanches killed over 265 people and caused large amounts of damage to residential and other human-made structures.[3][unreliable source?].
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