https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEwo8ZuY3pk
What happened on Soviet Russia's mount Babkha in the spring of 1985? Could this disaster that took 17 lives have been prevented?If you liked this video, plea

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/17/us/two-climbers-may-have-survived-because-of-positions-in-snow-cave.html
The two survivors of the Oregon Episcopal School hiking party, stranded by a sudden snow storm on 11,235-foot Mount Hood Monday, were Brinton Clark and Giles Thompson, both 15 years old. Doctors

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/everest/stories/unfolding.html
It's this huge saddle formed by Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the world, and Everest. And the winds -- the air just wells up in the Western Cwm and spills over this thing in the Venturi

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/29/581530678/after-harrowing-weekend-rescue-one-climber-saved-one-lost-to-killer-mountain
A team of Polish mountaineers, preparing to climb K2, responded to a call from a duo attempting a risky winter ascent of Pakistan's Nanga Parbat. They rescued one climber but couldn't reach the other.

https://www.npr.org/2015/04/27/402515205/the-shipwreck-that-led-confederate-veterans-to-risk-all-for-union-lives
The event remains the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history (the sinking of the Titanic killed 1,512 people). Yet few know the story of the Sultana's demise, or the ensuing rescue effort that

https://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/death-on-lake-michigan-the-lady-elgin-tragedy/
Winnetka residents brought food and clothing for the survivors. It is estimated that 302 people lost their lives that day; the 1860 census shows only 130 residents in the town of Winnetka. The tragedy captured the nation's attention, but was quickly overshadowed by the 1860 elections and the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. The accident and subsequent survival became known as the Andes flight disaster (Tragedia de los Andes, literally Tragedy of the Andes) and the Miracle of the Andes (Milagro de los Andes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
In 2001, Babu Chiri Sherpa died from a fall near Camp II. He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [17] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [17]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/march/5/newsid_3533000/3533753.stm
Witness. The Boeing 707 which plunged into the slopes of Mount Fuji on 5 March 1966 was the third aircraft to crash in Japan in just four weeks. All 124 people on board lost their lives in the disaster - including several who had survived the crash at Tokyo airport the previous day. Your memories of the accident.

https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/episodes/1x2gde/air-disasters-lost-season-18-ep-17
Air Disasters - Season 18, Ep. 17 - Lost - Full Episode | Smithsonian Channel. Relive the 1995 disaster of American Airlines Flight 965, in which a Boeing 757 veered off course and crashed into a 9,000-foot mountain on its final approach to Cali, Colombia.

https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3814-the-survivor.html
Giles Thompson, Mount Hood disaster victim. They set out hours before dawn, 13 hikers cutting through the darkness toward the summit of Mount Hood. It was May 12, 1986--the day after Mother's Day

https://worldwarwings.com/i-fell-4-miles-and-lived-b-17-tail-gunners-miraculous-declassified-survival/
Raley was the only one to survive without a parachute. After the war, Raley visited the families of all his crew members. He would then go on to marry Lorraine Lineberry Sudol, widow of Skippy's co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Henry J. Sudol. His story has been documented in his autobiography, "I Fell 4 Miles and Lived: World War II - Missing In Action

https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2014/05/09/monument-to-remember-17-london-and-st-thomas-who-lives-lost-when-tour-boat-capsized
The Protheros don't believe any survivors remain but they are trying to get word to families of those who were lucky, and those who weren't. Built in the mid-'30s in Windsor by a group of Chrysler workers, the 27-foot wooden Olga with its classic lines as a cabin cruiser, eventually was bought by Ted Vining of London and Sid Smith of St. Thomas

https://www.npr.org/2008/05/12/90374592/climber-recounts-tragedy-in-storm-over-everest
It airs tomorrow night as part of the PBS Frontline series. If you're a climber, if you've climbed Mt. Everest, or if you want to know more about the tragedy, give us a call. Our phone number is

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mount-meron-the-disaster-everyone-knew-was-waiting-to-happen/
And at around 1 a.m. Friday morning, as large numbers of those participants made their way along a metal-floored walkway on the exit route, a disaster unfolded.The crowds were pulsing, the floor

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/10/survivors-of-the-mount-st-helens-eruption-tell-their-story
It was May 18, 1980, and the nearby Mount St. Helens, which had been dormant for over 100 years, was erupting. The two young campers were right in the path of volcanic mudflow. This Sunday, October 15, they tell their story in the opening episode of the Smithsonian Channel's new series, Make It Out Alive. Dergan tells Portland Monthly she

https://www.ranker.com/list/survival-story-of-1996-everest-disaster/beth-elias
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, beckoning climbers from all over the globe to summit its 29,029-foot peak. However, the mountain can prove deadly, and what happens to your body in such extreme weather is frightening—members of the 1996 Everest expedition became stuck in a blizzard, which claimed the lives of eight people. . Beck Weathers was one of the members on that tr

https://bookriot.com/sky-falling-10-great-books-disasters/
Along the way he will discover for himself the horrors created from the devastation, and the beauty of a world devoid of humankind. Curse of The Narrows by Laura M. Mac Donald. Two disasters in one! On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship traveling through Halifax, Nova Scotia, collided with another ship.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/pompeii-survivors-0020909
The little-known story of Pompeii's survivors who escaped the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and rebuilt their lives is now revealed by recent archaeological Steven L. Tuck/The Conversation On Aug. 24, in AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air.

https://listverse.com/2011/07/28/10-tragic-mountaineering-accidents/
Forced to bivouac for the night, the climbers dug a snow cave for protection. The next day 2 members of the party went down the mountain to summons help. On 14 May, the search party found three climbers frozen to death. The other 8 members of the party were found on 15 May, in a snow cave. Only 2 of the 8 members found survived the ordeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRb7ZHMhBZE
Thanks for Playing Flamingo. Credit to Bombgodd244 for map design. This game currently has 40 disasters which are: Noobs, Zombies, Robots, Guest Attack, Cree

https://earthjournalism.net/stories/eruption-lahar-and-resilience-the-aftermath-of-mt-pinatubo-eruption-in-the-philippines
After Pinatubo heaved her final explosion, survivors of her wrath emerged from their homes and sanctuaries to a world coated by or buried deep under meters of gray volcanic ash. The eruption of the then little-known volcano destroyed or damaged houses, farmlands and infrastructure and claimed the lives of dozens of people and displaced hundreds

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ernest-shackleton
Updated February 25, 2024. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton was determined to cross Antarctica. But when ice trapped his ship Endurance, his mission instantly changed from exploration to pure survival. Getty Images Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, trapped in ice. "Give me Scott for scientific method, Amundsen for speed and efficiency, but