no comment 10/01/2018 Zermatt: airlifted to safety Helicopters fly stranded tourists out of the Swiss resort.
France 09/01/2018 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.
Switzerland 09/01/2018 Zermatt: 13,000 stranded as high risk of avalanche threatens ski resort 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.
world news 05/01/2018 French Alps remain on high avalanche alert France gradually returning to normal following the destruction caused by the passage of Storm Eleanor
Romania 23/04/2017 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.
France 03/04/2017 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.
Japan 27/03/2017 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.
France 07/03/2017 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.
France 14/02/2017 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…
France 13/02/2017 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
France 13/02/2017 Three family members among four dead in Tignes avalanche in the French Alps Four skiers dead in Tignes avalanche
Afghanistan 05/02/2017 Afghanistan: Taliban 'engages in rescue efforts' after deadly snowfall The Taliban militant group has announced it is engaging in rescue efforts in Afghanistan after heavy snowfall caused over 80 deaths in 48 hours.
Italy 26/01/2017 Italy avalanche: rescue operation over as final bodies retrieved The search and rescue operation at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano is over.
Italy 25/01/2017 Italy: Avalanche death toll rises as quake-hit Italians protest More bodies have been found in the buried ruins of a hotel in central Italy, razed by an avalanche a week ago today.
Italy 24/01/2017 Italy holds first funerals for avalanche dead The first funerals for victims killed in the hotel Rigopiano in central Italy, which was destroyed by an avalanche last week, have been held.
Italy 24/01/2017 Italy avalanche hotel: Death toll rises as desperate search continues More bodies have been found in the buried ruins of a mountain hotel in central Italy as questions multiply over the official response to last week’s blizzards and deadly…
Italy 23/01/2017 Body of seventh victim found in Italy hotel avalanche The body of a seventh victim has been found amid the ruins of a mountain hotel in central Italy following last week’s avalanche.
Italy 23/01/2017 3 puppies found in Hotel Rigopiano- giving hope to rescue workers The mood of rescue workers at the Hotel Rigopiano has been sombre over the weekend.
Italy 23/01/2017 Race against time: rescuers work to save those trapped after Italian avalanche Rescue workers in Italy are in a race against time to find further survivors following last week's avalanche.
Italy 20/01/2017 Questions raised following Italian earthquakes and avalanche The first rescue workers reached the Hotel Rigopiano at around 4am, some 11 hours after the avalanche struck central Italy.
