{"id":183447,"date":"2026-02-18T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183447\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:02:10","slug":"law-enforcement-says-eight-killed-by-avalanche-in-california-mountains-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183447\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement says eight killed by avalanche in California mountains | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">One person remains missing after a heavy avalanche engulfed a group of skiers in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the US.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a02 mins<\/p>\n<p>info<a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities say that at least eight people have been found dead following an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the deadliest incident of its kind in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon said on Wednesday that rescue crews have been hindered by difficult conditions during a powerful winter storm.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>One person remains missing. Six of the 15 skiers buried by the avalanche were found alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still looking for one of the members at this time,\u201d Moon confirmed to reporters, adding that family members have been informed that the search has moved from rescue to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly incident comes as California experiences a winter storm that has deluged the mountains near the popular winter destination of Lake Tahoe with heavy snow.<\/p>\n<p>The Sierra Avalanche Center warned on Wednesday that the risk of further avalanches remains high in the area as several feet of additional snow contribute to unstable conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4322982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26049586670993-1771444628.jpg\" alt=\"heavy snow covers a sign\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Snow covers street signs on February 18 in Truckee, California, located in the US\u2019s Sierra Nevada mountain range [Brooke Hess-Homeier\/AP Photo]<\/p>\n<p>The California Governor\u2019s Office of Emergency Services announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cal_OES\/status\/2023933617894981650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> that it was \u201cleading whole of government efforts to aid Nevada County\u201d, which is located in eastern California, on the border with the neighbouring US state of Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are actively coordinating additional resources statewide to support avalanche search and rescue efforts to locate missing skiers near Castle Peak,\u201d the office added.<\/p>\n<p>Search-and-rescue teams were dispatched to the Castle Peak area after a call to emergency services reported that 15 people on a three-day trek had been buried by an avalanche on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with the missing individuals, their families, and first responders in the field,\u201d the company Blackbird Mountain Guides said in a statement, noting that four guides were among those struck by the avalanche as they were returning to a trailhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person remains missing after a heavy avalanche engulfed a group of skiers in the Sierra Nevada mountains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,643,100,435,9098,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-183447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-us-canada","15":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}