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Avalanche — Cook Inlet, Alaska

February 1, 2000 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
$100K
Area
Cook Inlet

Event narrative (NOAA)

Work 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.

Other notable avalanche events in Alaska

Cook Inlet · March 21, 19996 killedCopper River Basin · January 12, 20022 killedMatanuska Valley · February 3, 20012 killedAnchorage Muni To Bird Creek · April 1, 20022 killedCentral Gulf Coast · January 26, 20001 killedCopper River Basin · March 3, 19991 killed

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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