Worst avalanche disaster - population death toll %

According to Official Guinness Records,

Two avalanches which roared into the small Austrian village of Blons near the Arlberg Pass at 9.36am and 7.00pm on 11 Jan 1954 killed 111 of the 376 residents. A total of 29 of the 90 homes were destroyed and 300 out of c.600 miners in the Leduc mine were buried alive.

For a complete list of 1954 records, please visit 1954 Guinness Records in Austria.

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