world news Europe briefing: Six stories to know about today Hackers released personal data from hundreds of German politicians, Dutch authorities urged people to stay away from washed up containers and British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe announced she's going on hunger strike. 04/01/2019
Norway Norway avalanche: four missing tourists 'believed to have died' Four tourists, feared to have been swept away in an avalanche in Northern Norway, are "believed to have died," police said. 03/01/2019
France 'It's a miracle': Boy, 12, survives in French avalanche for 40 minutes A child survived after spending 40 minutes buried under an avalanche in Savoie, France, on Wednesday, mountain rescuers said. 27/12/2018
no comment Emergency services taken by surprise by avalanche French emergency services were taken by surprise in Tignes as an avalanche forced them to flee a hillside. 12/04/2018
no comment Snowboarder escapes getting buried by avalanche A snowboarder escaped getting buried under an avalanche in the French Alps on Monday March 5th, with the dramatic footage captured on his helmet camera. 07/03/2018
no comment Take a ride with the Alpine Rescue team in the French Alps The Alpine Rescuers are on the front line when disaster strikes. 05/03/2018
France Watch: Snowboarder films the moment he gets caught in avalanche A snowboarder says he survived getting caught in an avalanche thanks to his helmet and airbag. 05/03/2018
Italy Two Italian rescue workers die in alpine avalanche The pair are the latest victims of adverse conditions in the Italian Alps this year 18/02/2018
Switzerland Avalanche danger causes chaos across Alps Heavy snow has left ski resorts cut off and villages isolated 23/01/2018
world news Heavy snow causes chaos in Alpine region Avalanche warnings across the Alps in Switzerland, Italy and Austria. 22/01/2018
Switzerland Thousands face being stranded at ski resort AGAIN amid avalanche fears Zermatt has closed for the second time in two weeks because of severe weather. 22/01/2018
Davos World Economic Forum in Davos battles snow... and awaits Trump On the theme of "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World", the 2018 Global Economic Forum in Davos will open its doors despite a thick blanket of snow, and the risk that its closing speaker, Donald Trump, won't make it to defend his "America First" policy because of a shutdown back home. 22/01/2018
Switzerland Thousands trapped as Zermatt cut off by snow again Villages are cut off and isolated as the railway and the roads were closed due to the danger of avalanches. This includes the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt for the second time in two weeks 21/01/2018
Switzerland Train services to the stranded Swiss ski resort of Zermatt resumed The town was cut off to ground transport for over two days after a metre of snow fell in less than 24 hours. 11/01/2018
no comment Zermatt: airlifted to safety Helicopters fly stranded tourists out of the Swiss resort. 10/01/2018
France Alps hit by 'once-in-a-generation' snow storms Hundreds of roads across the Alps in France, Italy and Switzerland were closed, cutting off resorts and villages, after the kind of snowfall that only comes once every 30 years. 09/01/2018
Switzerland Zermatt: 13,000 stranded as high risk of avalanche threatens ski resor The Swiss resort has been fully closed to traffic in and out since Monday evening after authorities raised the avalanche risk to the maximum level of five. 09/01/2018
world news French Alps remain on high avalanche alert France gradually returning to normal following the destruction caused by the passage of Storm Eleanor 05/01/2018
Romania Champion climbers aged 12 and 13 killed in Romanian avalanche The 12 year-old girl and 13 year-old boy were part of a larger group trekking through the Retezat Mountains, in Lake Bucura, when a blizzard hit. 23/04/2017
France 360°: How avalanches are triggered to keep skiers safe Explosives powerful enough to blow up a house are being used to keep skiers safe from the risk of avalanches. 03/04/2017
Japan Several students feared dead in Japan avalanche Rescue teams have begun the desperate search for survivors after an avalanche hit a group of high school students and teachers climbing in central Japan. 27/03/2017
France Avalanche in Tignes: the all-clear is sounded It was feared many people had been swept away by an avalanche which struck on a busy blue run near the popular resort in the French Alps. Rescuers now think no was caught up in the emergency. 07/03/2017
France France: Three family members killed in Alpine avalanche Three members of the same family and their snowboarding instructor were killed in an Alpine avalanche on Monday – the worst such accident since the start of the ski-ing season in… 14/02/2017
France Avalanche in French Alps claims three members of same family Three members of the same family are among four people who have been killed by an avalanche in the French ski resort Tignes 13/02/2017
France Three family members among four dead in Tignes avalanche in the French Alps Four skiers dead in Tignes avalanche 13/02/2017
