2014 Mount Everest avalanche
On 18 April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 people and injured 9 others. The avalanche was caused by a serac which fell from the slopes of Everest above the icefall.[1]
References
- A serac is a large block of ice.
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