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Summary:After nearly 12 inches of rain and abnormally high temperatures, the deep snow around Valdez, the "Snow Capital of the World", began to shed creating a severe avalanche danger. The only road out of Valdez to the interior was blocked by one of the largest avalanches in memory near the end of Keystone Canyon