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January 18

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1993: An avalanche killed 59 people in Bayburt Province in northeastern Turkey.

2012: An avalanche destroyed 72 homes in the village of Üzengili, Bayburt Province, Turkey, killing 59 people.

2016: An avalanche struck a group of French Foreign Legionnaires during a ski mountaineering exercise in the Massif des Cerces, France, killing 6 people.

2017: An avalanche destroyed a hotel in the town of Farindola in the Province of Pescara, Italy, killing 29 people.