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Beware of Avalanches

...this is a test. this is only an olympic blog test. do not be alarmed. do not summon chechnyans ...

Now here in Sochi, where these Winter Games were preceded by promises of terrorism and protests as well as by complaints about unfinished hotels and tainted water,

Apparently, because of their proximity to the Black Sea, the surrounding mountains have been the sites of some of the most deadly snowslides in recent history.

That convergence, the report noted, can produce