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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

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

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

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…

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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

France

Three family members among four dead in Tignes avalanche in the French Alps

Four skiers dead in Tignes avalanche

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.

Italy

Italy avalanche: rescue operation over as final bodies retrieved

The search and rescue operation at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano is over.

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.

Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Italy

Digging against time in Italian hotel avalanche rescue

Italian alpine rescuers pull out all in stops in bid to reach survivors buried in avalanche-hit hotel in Abruzzo.

Italy

Italian rescue teams extract eight survivors from avalanche-hit hotel

Eight survivors rescued from Hotel Rigopiano

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

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

Italy

Italy: hotel rescuers find no sign of life after avalanche

Impossible to reach by car, emergency workers have been trying to access the Hotel Rigopiano by alternative methods.