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Eventdex · Avalanche

COOK INLET

5129814

The record

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id5,129,814
episode_id1,090,334
begin_utc2000-02-01T17:00:00+00:00
end_utc2000-02-01T17:00:00+00:00
stateALASKA
cz_typeZ
cz_nameCOOK INLET
deaths_direct1
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct2
injuries_indirect0
damage_property100K
wfo_sourceNEWSPAPER
event_narrativeWork crews were releasing snow loads when an avalanche occurred. One D6 caterpiller worker was killed when his 35,000 pound D6 was carried about 400 feet into Turnagain Arm. The cab was crushed. The critically injured operator was taken to an Anchorage hospital by an ERA helicopter on the scene, dying from injuries received a short time later. Two other D6 operators were injured, neither critically.
year2,000

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