Sentences with phrase «wet snow avalanches»

Not exact matches

Although the word «avalanche» often brings to mind billowing clouds of snow racing downhill to smother skiers and snowmobilers, another type of snow slump is on the rise: a slow - motion slide of thick, wet snow that despite its languid pace can pummel structures with devastating force.

Since the snow is wet, avalanches are descending slowly but over a greater distances than in the past.

It turns out that the sunroof is a plow itself — as it slides back into the roof, the wet snow is scraped off the surface, eventually reaching critical mass and avalanching down into my lap.