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3 skiers are believed to be buried under an avalanche in Alaska
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Experts and recovery teams hope to reach site of Alaska avalanche that buried 3 skiers
Heli-skiers killed by massive avalanche came to Alaska from Florida, Montana and Minnesota
Authorities have identified three men who died Tuesday after being buried by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood.
Alaska State Troopers on Thursday released the identities of the three missing men caught in the slide: Dave Linder, 39, of Florida; Charles Eppard, 39, of Montana, and Jeremy Leif, 38, of Minnesota.
Minnesotans were in a group of skiers who are missing after an avalanche south of Anchorage this week, authorities have confirmed.
A call came in from the Rescue Coordination Center with information about an airplane crash in the mountains. The sun had just set and night flying in the Alaska mountains is dangerous, especially in the darkness.
A new national forecast predicts unusually high wildfire danger for the southern half of Alaska — a warning that lumps our typically winter-dominated state with sunnier climes like Texas and Florida.
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