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Man sues Tahoe ski resort more than year after avalanche injures him, kills friend Lawsuit alleges avalanche reduction efforts were done improperly Share Updated: 10:43 PM PST Feb 15, 2021 Jonathan Ayestas Lawsuit alleges avalanche reduction efforts were done improperly Share Updated: 10:43 PM PST Feb 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FOR TOMORROW IN A FEW MINUTES. LISA: IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE A MAN WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN AN AVALANCHE. BRIAN: THE SURVIVOR IS NOW SUING THE RESORT AND GULSTAN DART HAS MORE. GULSTAN: COLE AN...

There's a $40,000 drone. i'll shoot it out of the sky. >> they're doing research right now to use drones to carry explosives for avalanche control in the mountains. >> that would be fascinating. >> when it's so foggy or the weather is so bad you can't send people out for avalanches for highways, for instance -- >> genius. >> you could program it to travel up at noon and drop an explosive for avalanche control. whether or not this can be done safely so they're not going to fall down on people, hit building, lamp poles and whatever else. >> dreaming big, attaching it to the brand, is this a stro...

Snow bird ski resort outside salt lake city killing a 38-year-old snowboarder. rescuers able to save one other person who got caught in the slide there was no avalanche control on the mountain because the place hadn't yet opened for the winter. illinois. an explosion flattening a house on the southwest side of chicago. >> i thought it was a plane because there was a huge explosion. >> police say the blast hurt three people in that home as well as a firefighter. and it set several other houses on fire. one report says neighbors smelled natural gas before the explosion. kentucky. an 8-year-old c...