Eight people are dead following an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon said on Wednesday.

The victims of a deadly avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada include a group connected to a skiing academy near Lake Tahoe. Eight people died in the avalanche that hit Tuesday

Eight of the nine skiers missing in California after an avalanche have been found dead and one remains missing in horrific blizzard conditions, police said Wednesday.

California authorities have recovered eight skiers' bodies after an avalanche happened in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A devastating avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California has left eight backcountry skiers dead and one person still missing, making it the deadliest US avalanche in 45 years. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the fatalities on Wednesday,

An avalanche during a heavy, wet snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada killed at least eight skiers on a guided backcountry excursion.