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The Winter of Terror was the three-month period during the winter of 1950-1951 when a previously unrecorded number of avalanches took place in the Alps. The series of 649 avalanches killed over 265 people and caused large amounts of damage to residential and other human-made structures. ==Damage and casualties== Austria suffered most damage and loss of human life with 135 killed and many villages destroyed. Thousands of acres of economically valuable forest were also damaged during the period. The Valais canton of Switzerland suffered 92 human deaths, approximately 500 cattle deaths, and destruction of 900 human-made structures. As in Austria, economically important forests were also damaged during the period.〔Tufty, B. (1978) ''1001 Questions Answered about Earthquakes, Floods, Avalanches and Other Natural Disasters'', Courier Dover, p133, ISBN 0-486-23646-3〕 The Swiss town of Andermatt in the Adula Alps was hit by six avalanches within a 60-minute period, resulting in 13 human deaths.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=BBC Corp. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winter of Terror」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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