two back country skiers in colorado sprung into action when a dog got buried in an avalanche. after 20 minutes of searching through the snow, they were ready to give up. but then they got to him. after some vigorous digging, the dog, apollo, managed to wiggle free. and the powerball jackpot has now grown to $522 million after the first drawing of 2022 saw no big winners. the next drawing is set for tomorrow at 10:59 p.m. eastern. and when we come back, how one woman is spreading joy to those hit hard by the pandemic.
we will continue to stand, and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. now, prosecutors say they do plan to retry michael dunn for first-degree murder. in any case, dunn faces 60 years in prison for the attempted murder convictions when he s sentenced at the end of march. from search-and-rescue to search-and-recovery. the bodies of two missing skiers lost in an avalanche, they have now been found. the two were part of a group of seven experienced, backcountry skiers caught in a massive snowslide in the mountains of lake county, colorado. it happened saturday night. when the avalanche started, it started up above and then came down, went up a little bit, fractured, then came down the mountain about half a mile. did they actually trigger the avalanche being up there? i think so. it s just unfortunate what happened. they had all the right equipment, it just went bad. three other skiers suffered injuries in the avalanche and were hospitalized. two managed to escape unh
another travel delay for a lot of the country. these have been really sneaky systems. one moment we think it s a light dusting and a few hours later we re getting three to six inches in a short period of time. jenna: makes it all the more fun, right? i hope so. i would like to go on strike. jenna: just keep it together. we ll be with you the next several weeks before spring. bad weather map. jenna: it s going to get better. thank you. jon: all that snow is causing avalanche problems in the pacific northwest and the west with deadly snow slides reported in colorado as well as oregon. all sparking fears that back country skiers might be taking their life in their hands. hi, jon. in less than a week, there have been three fatal avalanches in colorado alone and what s happening is the area is basically seeing so much snow in the last two weeks that it s
documenting his death. buried five feet under unable to move. he s hoping the skiers he was with find him before he suffocates and they do. he s a very lucky man. on average in the u.s. 28 people die from avalanches often with hundreds of tons of snow plummeting down the mountain. i ski at one of the top avalanche experts in the united states. how are conditions? colorado information center. state agency s responsibility in part, probability of avalanches. took me to where they occur to learn about conditions for back country skiers. the beacon.