This tragic story identifies the victims of the Lake Tahoe avalanche, which claimed the lives of eight people (with one still missing at time of writing), including six mothers from the San Francisco Bay Area who were out on a ski trip.
美国加州雪崩事件出现新进展。当地时间2月19日，家属确认了丧生的6名女性遇难者身份。她们6人都是来自旧金山湾区（主要是富裕的马林县）、事业有成且热爱滑雪的母亲。她们因孩子都在附近的滑雪队而结缘。
这起导致8人死亡、1人失踪（推定死亡）的灾难，是加州现代史上最致命的雪崩事件之一。
凯特·维特身亡的消息让许多人感到震惊与惋惜。43岁的凯特是一位在科技界颇有建树的女性高管。她以优异的成绩毕业于波士顿学院，生前曾担任卫星广播公司SiriusXM的产品及客户运营副总裁，直至2025年。
其他几位女性也多在生物科技或领导力培训等领域担任要职。其中，有两名女性是一对亲姐妹。
这些母亲的孩子大多在附近的度假村滑雪队接受训练。这次旅行是她们母亲之间的一项年度传统，旨在让这些平时忙碌的职场妈妈们能在远离喧嚣的雪山中“充电”和联络感情。
她们装备齐全，甚至配备了专业的雪崩安全设备，并聘请了黑鸟山向导公司的专业向导团队。然而，在大自然的狂暴力量面前，一切准备都显得无能为力。该向导团队的4名向导中，也有3人在此次雪崩中丧生。
加州州长加文·纽森19日表示，他和妻子也是在马林县长大的，目前仍居住在该学区附近，他们与几位遇难者及其家庭都有着“许多共同的朋友”。
内华达县警长办公室发言人表示，由于严重的暴风雪天气持续，现场的积雪极不稳定。搜救人员目前无法安全进入灾区寻回被雪掩埋的8具遗体，也无法继续搜救那名仍失踪的第9名滑雪者。
美国林务局宣布，雪崩区域将全面封闭至3月15日，届时再完成遗体挖掘工作。
红星新闻记者 邓纾怡
责任编辑：王天昊
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雪崩 | xuě bēng | avalanche |
| 遇难者 | yù nàn zhě | victim (of disaster); casualty |
| 事业有成 | shì yè yǒu chéng | successful in one’s career |
| 结缘 | jié yuán | to form a bond; to become connected |
| 颇有建树 | pō yǒu jiàn shù | to have notable achievements |
| 喧嚣 | xuān xiāo | noise and bustle; clamor |
| 无能为力 | wú néng wéi lì | powerless; helpless |
| 丧生 | sàng shēng | to lose one’s life; to perish |
| 搜救 | sōu jiù | search and rescue |
| 推定 | tuī dìng | to presume; presumption |
| 加文·纽森 | jiāwénniǔsēn | Gavin Newsom (governor of California) |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 加州 | Jiā zhōu | California |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 新 | Xīn | abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin |
| 进展 | jìn zhǎn | to make headway; to make progress |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 时间 | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] |
| 日 | rì | (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with |
| 家属 | jiā shǔ | family member; (family) dependent |
| 确认 | què rèn | to confirm; to verify; confirmation |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 名 | míng | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people |
| 女 | nu:3 | female; woman; daughter |
| 性 | xǐng | nature; property; attribute; sex; suffix forming adjective from verb; essence |
| 身 | shēn | body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158 |
| 份 | fěn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3… |
| 自 | zì | (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course |
| 旧金山 | Jìu jīn shān | San Francisco, California |
| 湾 | wan | bay; to cast anchor |
| 区 | Oū | surname Ou |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 富裕 | Fù yù | see 富裕縣|富裕县[Fu4 yu4 Xian4] |
| 马 | Mǎ | surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4] |
| 林 | Lín | surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi |
| 县 | xiǎn | county |
| 且 | qiě | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) |
| 热爱 | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing |
| 母亲 | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 因 | yīn | old variant of 因[yin1]; cause; reason; because |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 队 | duì | squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 而 | ér | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; sta… |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 踪 | zōng | variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]; (bound form) footprint; trace; tracks |
| 灾难 | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 现代 | Xiàn dài | Hyundai, South Korean company |
| 史 | Shǐ | surname Shi |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 致 | zhì | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite; (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently |
| 命 | mǐng | life; order or command |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 凯特 | Kǎi tè | Kate (name) |
| 维特 | Wéi tè | Werther, opera by Jules Massenet; Werther, German masculine given name |
| 身亡 | shēn wáng | to die |
| 消 | xiāo | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take |
| 息 | xī | breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many; a lot of; much |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoug… |
| 震惊 | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 与 | yú | variant of 歟|欤[yu2] |
| 惋 | ||
| 惜 | xi | to cherish; to pity |
| 岁 | suì | variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year; years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 位 | wèi | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 界 | jiè | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm |
| 高管 | gāo guǎn | senior executive; senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1 ji2 guan3 li3 ren2 yuan2]) |
| 以 | yǐ | old variant of 以[yi3]; abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 优 | you | excellent |
| 异 | yì | different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate |
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1] |
| 绩 | jì | to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment; Taiwan pr. [ji1] |
| 毕 | Bì | surname Bi |
| 业 | Yè | surname Ye |
| 于 | Yú | surname Yu; (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used i… |
| 波士顿 | Bō shì dùn | Boston, capital of Massachusetts |
| 学院 | xué yuàn | college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3] |
| 生前 | shēng qián | (of a deceased) during one's life; while living |
| 曾 | Zēng | surname Zeng |
| 担 | dan | to undertake; to shoulder |
| 任 | Rén | surname Ren |
| 卫星 | wèi xīng | (aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon; CL:顆|颗[ke1] |
| 广 | yǎn | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc; surname Guang |
| 播 | bō | (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4] |
| 公 | gōng | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 w… |
| 司 | Sī | surname Si |
| 产品 | chǎn pǐn | goods; merchandise; product; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 及 | jí | and; to reach; up to; in time for |
| 客户 | kè hù | client; customer |
| 运 | yùn | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate |
| 营 | yīng | camp; battalion; to operate; to strive for |
| 副 | fù | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3… |
| 裁 | cái | to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment |
| 直至 | zhí zhì | lasting until; up till (the present) |
| 年 | Nián | surname Nian; grain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nian2] |
| 其 | qí | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 几 | jī | small table; (literary) almost |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 生物 | shēng wù | organism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio- |
| 或 | huò | maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or |
| 领导力 | lǐng dǎo lì | leadership (capacity to lead) |
| 培 | pēi | to bank up with earth; to train (people) |
| 训 | xǔn | to teach; to train; to admonish |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (… |
| 领 | lǐng | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc |
| 域 | yǔ | field; area |
| 要职 | yào zhí | key job; important position |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in; included among these |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 一对 | yī duì | couple; pair |
| 亲 | qīn | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear |
| 姐 | jiě | older sister |
| 妹 | mèi | younger sister |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 大多 | dà duō | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences |
| 假 | gēi | used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]; to borrow (variant of 假[jia3]) |
| 村 | cūn | village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish; variant of 村[cun1] |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 练 | liàn | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated e… |
| 旅行 | lu:3 xíng | to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4] |
| 之间 | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) |
| 项 | Xiàng | surname Xiang |
| 传 | chuān | to pass on; to transmit; to transfer; to conduct (electricity) |
| 统 | tóng | to gather; to unify |
| 旨 | zhǐ | imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose |
| 平时 | píng shí | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime |
| 忙 | máng | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush |
| 碌 | lǔ | used in 碌碡[liu4 zhou5] |
| 职场 | zhí chǎng | workplace; workforce (of a nation or industry etc); job market |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 远离 | yuǎn lí | to be far from; to keep away from |
| 雪山 | xuě shān | snow-capped mountain |
| 中 | Zhōng | (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong |
| 充 | chong | sufficient; full; to serve as; to act as |
| 电 | diàn | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 联 | lián | (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet |
| 络 | luǒ | small net |
| 情 | qíng | (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition |
| 装备 | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip; to outfit |
| 齐全 | qí quán | complete; comprehensive |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 配备 | pèi bèi | to allocate; to provide; to outfit with |
| 专 | zhuan | for a particular person, occasion, purpose; special; particular (to sth); specialized |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure; safety; security |
| 设备 | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
| 并 | bìng | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge; to combine; to amalgamate; short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]; variant of 並|并[bing4] |
| 聘 | pǐn | to employ; to appoint; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; Taiwan pr. [ping4] |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
| 黑 | Hēi | short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] |
| 鸟 | diǎo | variant of 屌[diao3]; penis |
| 山 | Shān | surname Shan |
| 向导 | xiàng dǎo | guide |
| 团队 | tuán duì | team |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 大自然 | dà zì rán | nature (the natural world) |
| 狂 | kuáng | mad; wild; violent |
| 暴 | bǎo | violent; fierce; sudden; cruel; to expose; to spoil (bao4); to expose to the sun (pu4) |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) |
| 一切 | yī qiè | everything; every; all |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) |
| 显得 | xiǎn de | to seem; to look; to appear |
| 该 | gāi | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned |
| 此次 | cǐ cì | this time |
| 州长 | zhōu zhǎng | governor (of a province or colony); (US) state governor; (Australian) state premier |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 仍 | rēng | still; yet; (literary) frequently; often |
| 居 | Jū | surname Ju |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) |
| 学区 | xué qū | school district |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4] |
| 有着 | yǒu zhe | to have; to possess |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 内华达 | Nèi huá dá | Nevada, US state |
| 警 | jíng | to alert; police |
| 长 | cháng | long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 办公室 | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 发言人 | fā yán rén | spokesperson |
| 由于 | yóu yú | due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because |
| 严 | yān | strict; severe; tight; rigorous; father (formal); surname Yan |
| 重 | chóng | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer |
| 风雪 | fēng xuě | snowstorm |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 持 | chí | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control |
| 续 | xù | to continue; to replenish |
| 现场 | xiàn chǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site |
| 积 | ji | to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (TCM) constipation; indigestion |
| 雪 | Xuě | surname Xue |
| 极 | jí | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 稳 | wén | settled; steady; stable |
| 定 | dìng | to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 无 | mó | used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2] |
| 法 | fǎ | variant of 法[fa3]; France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]; old variant of 法[fa3]; law |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter; to join; to go into |
| 灾区 | zāi qū | disaster area; stricken region |
| 寻 | xún | to search; to look for; to seek |
| 回 | Huí | Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); to curve; to return; to revolve; variant of 迴|回[hui2] |
| 被 | bèi | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, … |
| 掩 | yán | to cover up; to conceal; (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid |
| 埋 | mái | to bury |
| 具 | jù | tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies |
| 遗 | yī | (bound form) to leave behind |
| 体 | tī | used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3] |
| 继 | jì | to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards |
| 那 | Nā | surname Na |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high… |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously);… |
| 林务 | lín wù | forestry |
| 局 | jú | narrow; office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc; cramped; narrow |
| 宣 | xuan | to declare; to announce; to publicize; to spread |
| 布 | bù | variant of 布[bu4]; to announce; to spread; cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known |
| 将 | jiāng | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) |
| 全面 | quán miàn | all-around; comprehensive; total; overall |
| 封闭 | fēng bì | to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive; most; to; until |
| 届 | jiě | to arrive at (place or time); to become due |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, an… |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 挖 | wa | to dig; to scoop out |
| 掘 | juē | to dig |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] |
| 红星 | hóng xīng | red star; five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat; hot film star |
| 新闻 | xīn wén | news; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 记者 | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 邓 | Dèng | surname Deng |
| 纾 | ||
| 怡 | ||
| 责 | zé | duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame |
| 编 | bian | to weave; to organize; to arrange; to compile; to compose; to make up |
| 辑 | jī | to gather up; to edit |
| 王 | Wáng | surname Wang |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 昊 |
New developments have emerged in the California avalanche incident. On February 19th local time, family members confirmed the identities of six female victims who perished. All six were successful, ski-loving mothers from the San Francisco Bay Area (primarily from affluent Marin County). They had become friends because their children were all on nearby ski teams.
This disaster, which killed 8 people and left 1 missing (presumed dead), is one of the deadliest avalanche events in California’s modern history.
News of Kate Witt’s death left many shocked and saddened. The 43-year-old Kate was a highly accomplished female executive in the tech industry. She graduated with honors from Boston College and had served as Vice President of Product and Customer Operations at satellite broadcasting company SiriusXM until 2025.
The other women also held important positions in fields such as biotechnology and leadership training. Among them, two of the women were biological sisters.
Most of these mothers’ children trained at ski teams at nearby resorts. This trip was an annual tradition among the mothers, designed to allow these busy working moms to ‘recharge’ and bond in the mountains, away from the hustle and bustle.
They were fully equipped, even carrying professional avalanche safety gear, and had hired a professional guide team from Blackbird Mountain Guides. However, in the face of nature’s violent force, all preparations proved futile. Of the 4 guides from the guide team, 3 also perished in the avalanche.
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated on the 19th that he and his wife also grew up in Marin County and still reside near the school district. They share ‘many mutual friends’ with several of the victims and their families.
A spokesperson for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office stated that due to ongoing severe blizzard conditions, the snow at the scene remains extremely unstable. Search and rescue personnel currently cannot safely enter the disaster area to recover the 8 bodies buried under the snow, nor can they continue searching for the 9th skier who remains missing.
The U.S. Forest Service announced that the avalanche area will be completely closed until March 15th, at which point the body recovery work will be completed.