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The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center reported at 7:39 p.m. Thursday that an "avalanche incident" occurred near Stevens Peak and that rescue was ongoing at the time. An hour later, the sheriff's office announced that a search was underway for "three individuals who were caught in an avalanche."
One person is dead and two others rescued after an avalanche in Shoshone County, Idaho on Thursday, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office.
Wednesday's avalanche at Palisades Tahoe was stunning even in the Sierra, where such slides are common in more remote areas. A disaster unfolding inside the boundaries of the resort shows that no place is perfectly safe amid snow, wind and other unpredictable conditions.
It came the same day as a ski resort in the Lake Tahoe area reported a second avalanche after one there the day before claimed the life of one person and injured another.
The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the United States Air Force and other Idaho law enforcement departments, located and safely rescued two men from a deadly avalanche.