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Another avalanche hit a slope in the ski resort of Soelden, burying five people who were all rescued alive

Five dead, one injured in Austria avalanche

Five people died and another was injured today when an avalanche struck Austria's Tyrol province, the rescue services said.

World • 04 Feb 22

'The dog has a sense of smell and this sense of smell does not fail'

Rescue crews and dogs prepare for Alps avalanche season

Rescuers and search dogs have taken to the slopes to practise rescue skills in the build-up to the deadly avalanche season in the Swiss Alps.

News Lens • 07 Dec 19

The avalanches hit regions of the Alps in Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland

Ten people killed as series of avalanches hit Alps

Ten people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Alps over the weekend, emergency services and media reported.

Europe • 04 Feb 19

Rescue workers search for ski group after avalanche

Four killed in French avalanche

At least four people have been killed in an avalanche at the Alpine skiing station of Tignes, local authorities said.

News • 13 Feb 17

Eleven people survived the disaster at Hotel Rigopiano

Last bodies pulled from avalanche-hit hotel

Rescuers have pulled the last two bodies from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy that was razed by an avalanche last week, with the final death toll confirmed at 29.

News • 26 Jan 17

Eleven guests and workers at the Hotel Rigopiano survived, while five people are still missing

Italian hotel death toll reaches 24, five missing

The number of bodies recovered from the ruins of an Italian hotel buried by an avalanche has risen to 24, with another five people still unaccounted for, presumed dead, as a result of the disaster on 18 January.

News • 25 Jan 17

12 people are now confirmed to have died in the avalanche

Rescue workers killed in helicopter crash in Italy

A helicopter ambulance crashed in the Italian mountains killing all six onboard, further stretching emergency services workers who found victims but no more survivors after an avalanche buried a nearby hotel.

News • 24 Jan 17

Soccorso Alpino volunteers and rescuers work at the hotel site in Rigopiano, Italy

Four more survivors pulled from avalanche hotel

Emergency workers have pulled four more survivors from the ruins of an Italian hotel buried under an avalanche three days ago, after the "miracle" rescue of a woman and four children yesterday.

News • 21 Jan 17

Rescuers arrive at the site
of where the avalanche came down in the Ahrn valley (Ahrntal) in South Tyrol, Italy

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News • 12 Mar 16

The avalanche occurred in a valley south of Innsbruck in western Austria

Five Czech skiers killed in Austrian avalanche

Five skiers from the Czech Republic were killed in an avalanche in the Austrian alps that also engulfed 12 other people, police said.

News • 06 Feb 16

Hearses carrying bodies of the avalanche's victims leave the police station in Villar-Saint-Pancrace

Seven killed in avalanche in French Alps

Seven people were killed when an avalanche swept them away in the French Alps today, in the deadliest incident to hit the popular mountain range this year.

News • 15 Sep 15

Huge sheets of snow engulfed whole villages as they swept down from the Afghan peaks after days of heavy blizzards

Afghanistan seeks help after avalanche disaster

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pledged to set up a relief fund for the victims of avalanches that claimed over 280 lives, and called for international help with the relief effort.

News • 28 Feb 15

Relatives walk down from the site after searching for the victims of avalanches in the district of Bazarak

At least 200 killed in Afghanistan avalanches

More than 200 people have been killed in north Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years.

News • 26 Feb 15

The group successfully summited Mount Kanchenjunga last Sunday

Indian climber and two sherpas missing in Nepal

A female Indian climber and two sherpas are missing after being hit by an avalanche while climbing on Mount Kanchenjunga, her family and Nepalese officials said today.

News • 22 May 14

Mountain rescue workers lift an injured climber after the avalanche hit

Everest avalanche death toll rises to thirteen

Rescuers recovered the body of one mountain guide today, after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world's highest mountain.

News • 19 Apr 14

Many casualties after avalanche near the Siachen glacier

At least 124 soldiers buried in Pakistan avalanche

An avalanche has buried over 124 Pakistani soldiers near the Siachen glacier on the border with India, with no sign of survivors, the military said.

News • 10 Apr 12

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