Glacier collapses burying evacuated Swiss village in mud and rocks – video
A huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of...
Category : Avalanches
Swiss glacier collapse destroys parts of village
Numerous homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town A massive glacier has collapsed in southern Switzerland, partly destroying...
Five skiers killed in French Alps after avalanches hit off-piste areas
Four Norwegians and one Swiss person died in the Savoie and Haute-Savoie regions An avalanche in the French Alps has killed four Norwegian skiers who...
Avalanche in Austria kills three skiers from the Netherlands
Group of 17 were ski touring near resort of Sölden when 80-metre wide avalanche hit An avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Sölden has...
Family of UK mother and son killed in Alps avalanche ‘beyond heartbroken’
Kate Vokes, 54, and Archie Vokes, 22, from Manchester, killed while skiing off-piste near Mont Blanc The family of a mother and son who died...
Mont Blanc avalanche kills British woman, 54, and son, 22, in French Alps
Two were part of group skiing off-piste with instructor when avalanche occurred A British woman and her son are reported to have died in the...
