He said warming temperatures often cause large chunks of snow to slide off roofs, occasionally injuring people. But he said neither he nor the sheriff can recall of sliding snow killing in the three decades they’ve been there. Rescuers searched the nearby Kirkwood Ski Resort for hours because the pair’s last know location was a ski lift where they scanned their tickets at about 4 p.m. Sunday. At about 9 p.m., a neighbor spotted ski gloves next to the condo, realized they were buried beneath the snow and called 911. The mother and son were airlifted to a hospital, where they were declared dead, Pace said.

Source: GNN Liberia March 06, 2018 17:15 UTC