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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Take a ride with the Alpine Rescue team in the French Alps

The Alpine Rescuers are on the front line when disaster strikes.

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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.

Italy

Two Italian rescue workers die in alpine avalanche

The pair are the latest victims of adverse conditions in the Italian Alps this year

Switzerland

Avalanche danger causes chaos across Alps

Heavy snow has left ski resorts cut off and villages isolated

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Heavy snow causes chaos in Alpine region

Avalanche warnings across the Alps in Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

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.

Business Series

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.

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

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.

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Zermatt: airlifted to safety

Helicopters fly stranded tourists out of the Swiss resort.

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.

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.

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French Alps remain on high avalanche alert

France gradually returning to normal following the destruction caused by the passage of Storm Eleanor

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.