An avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday killed at 13 Sherpa guides who were working ahead of their climbing groups. It is the worst disaster ever on the infamous mountain, and it emphasizes the risks Sherpas navigate each and every day while they work to support their families.

(AP) — A woman who had been buried in five feet of snow has died, and one man was still missing Sunday morning after a pair of spring avalanches struck separate groups hiking in the mountains each of Seattle, authorities in Washington state said. Sgt. Katie Larson, with the King County Sheriff's Office, said a team of rescuers worked through the night in blizzard-like conditions to carry the fem