LiveScience.com: Heat waves, floods, avalanches and other deadly natural disasters could become more common in mountainous regions thanks to climate change, a new study suggests, making the famous peaks more dangerous for mountaineers and skiers. Extreme weather events are predicted to become more frequent on a warmer Earth. In the Eastern European Alps, two such events – the 2003 heat wave and the 2005 flood – gave researchers a preview of how similar events could pose a threat to alpine regions and …