SwisspolicesaythreeskiershavebeenkilledinanavalancheintheAlpsandtwoothershavebeentakentoahospitalwithlightinjuries.PoliceinValaiscanton(state)saytheavalanchehit
AGermanwomanandher11-year-olddaughterwerekilledinanavalanchewhileskiinginItaly'snorthernTrentino-AltoAdigeregionborderingAustria,localmediareportedWednesday.The
ThreemountainclimbersfromSwitzerlandandFrancehavebeenkilledinavalanchesintheSwissAlpsinthepastthreedays.ThelatestincidentinvolvedagroupoffiveclimbersintheValais
An avalanche in the French Alps killed four snowboarders, including an instructor, on Monday morning.
The toll from an avalanche that swamped an Italian mountain hotel rose to 16 dead and 13 missing Tuesday (Jan 24) as a nearby helicopter crash claimed the lives of six people and dealt another blow to a region reeling from earthquakes and the heaviest snowfall in decades.
Survivors of Italy's avalanche disaster on Sunday (Jan 22) recounted how they ate snow to stay hydrated and sung to keep their spirits up while huddling in pitch black, cramped cavities in the mangled wreckage of the Hotel Rigopiano.
At least two Indian Army personnel have been killed and another missing in an avalanche in the northern state of Uttarakhand, a senior police official said Tuesday.