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
Afghanistan 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. 05/02/2017
Italy Italy avalanche: rescue operation over as final bodies retrieved The search and rescue operation at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano is over. 26/01/2017
Italy 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. 25/01/2017
Italy 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… 24/01/2017
Italy 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. 23/01/2017
Italy 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. 23/01/2017
Italy Italian rescue teams extract eight survivors from avalanche-hit hotel Eight survivors rescued from Hotel Rigopiano 20/01/2017
Italy Six people found alive in Italian hotel destroyed by avalanche Hopes had been fading fast of finding any of the 30 people including four children reported missing 20/01/2017
Italy Desperate search for survivors of avalanche-hit hotel in Italy continues into the night Rescue workers face treacherous conditions as they fight against time and the elements to find survivors after an avalanche struck a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy, hours after a series of str 19/01/2017
Sport Champion snowboarder Balet killed in avalanche Switzerland’s star snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday aged 21. Balet was making a promotional film in the canton of 19/04/2016
Italy 'Six dead' in avalanche in Italian Alps, others missing Six skiers are reported to have been killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps – one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years. Several other 12/03/2016
Austria Five killed in 'massive' avalanche in Austrian Alps Five people have been killed in what has been described as a “massive” avalanche in the Austrian Alps. Police say it struck skiiers from the Czech 07/02/2016
France Teacher charged with manslaughter after French Alps avalanche deaths A teacher who was among a group hit by an avalanche in the French Alps on Wednesday (January 13) has been charged with manslaughter. He and some of 16/01/2016
France Safety on the slopes: skiiers taught avalanche awareness The deadly avalanche in the French Alps (January 13), which has claimed the lives of three people, is a reminder of how dangerous the mountains can 15/01/2016
