More is being learned about the victims even as recovery efforts continue in California's Lake Tahoe backcountry after a deadly avalanche this week.

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Authorities say six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were still missing Tuesday in an avalanche in Northern California during a powerful winter storm moving…

Two of the six were taken to a hospital for treatment, said Ashley Quadros, a spokesperson for the Nevada County Sheriff's Office.

Several skiers are missing after an avalanche near Truckee as a major winter storm brings heavy snow, high winds and dangerous travel to Tahoe.

Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours.

Group was skiing in snow-hit Sierra Nevadas, while winter storm brings heavy rain and floods to other parts of state

Search-and-rescue personnel were working Tuesday to reach a group of six stranded skiers and locate 10 others unaccounted for in Northern California's backcountry following an…

Rescuers battle blizzard to save six skiers found trapped after avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains in western US.

Rescue crews are pushing through mountainous wilderness in Northern California in a dangerous search for nine missing skiers, with fears of further avalanches

Six rescued after backcountry group swept up near Castle Peak in California’s Sierra Nevada during severe storm

What we know as the search for nine people lost in an avalanche continues on Feb. 18.

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California.

One person remains missing after a heavy avalanche engulfed a group of skiers in the US's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Eight skiers died and one is missing from a group of 15 people completing a three-day backcountry tour in California.

Fifteen skiers went missing on Tuesday following a massive avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region. One person remains missing but is presumed dead.

Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said that rescuers 'are still looking for one of the members at this time,' but cautioned that 'the extreme weather' from the storm 'is…

Nine skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California on a trip to Frog Lake Huts with Blackbird Mountain Guides near Castle Peak

Avalanches have caused deaths in Lake Tahoe area in six of past 10 years but latest slide is fourth deadliest in US history

Eight skiers are dead and one missing after a deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California, marking a tragic winter disaster.

Teams deployed from nearby ski resorts trying to reach six trapped skiers, and nine more who died.