Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wide [Reuters] Five ...

The police said several other rescues took place. The avalanches happened amid severe weather warnings across the region.

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Heavy snowfall and unstable mountain conditions turned deadly in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, as a series of powerful avalanches killed eight people within hours. The incidents unfolded across ...

AT least two skiers are dead after a monster avalanche tore through the Austrian Alps amid with fears more victims could be buried under tonnes of snow. A massive rescue operation is underway in ...

Two people were killed in avalanches in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, bringing to seven the number of people killed in the country since Friday after heavy snowfall.

Several skiers and snowboarders were buried Thursday morning in an avalanche on the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps, according to Austrian media reports. Three injured skiers were airlifted to a ...

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A major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wide Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall ...

A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region's avalanche death toll this season to at least ...