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All nine avalanche victims have been recovered from California’s Sierra Nevada, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said Saturday at a news conference.
The bodies were recovered after a Black Hawk helicopter on Saturday flew to the snowy, mountainous region where a fatal avalanche struck this week. Eight of the victims were found on Tuesday, and the remaining victim was discovered and recovered on Saturday.
Brutal weather and the threat of more avalanches had kept crews from safely recovering the bodies from the avalanche, which was roughly the size of a football field.
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