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3 avalanches in Tahoe area kill 1, injure 3

After a weekend that dropped more than four feet of snow, three avalanches rocked Tahoe-area ski resorts leaving at least one person dead and three people injured. Search teams at Donner Ski Ranch in eastern Nevada County recovered a man’s body after a Monday morning avalanche, according to county sheriff officials. A man called the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department shortly after noon Monday, reporting that a friend, a white male in his 50s, had not returned as planned, and he feared they may have been caught up in an avalanche that occurred there sometime around 9:30 a.m., said Sgt. Bob …

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