Here Comes the Avalanche Express!

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

Season 9 Episode 1 | 7m 12s | CC

How a double whammy of catastrophes had a profound impact on the Pacific Northwest. It’s hard to imagine, but in 1910, two separate avalanches days apart swept all before them and still stand as the most fatal ever in the U.S. and Canada.

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