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

A third British national has died in an avalanche in the French Alps, the latest in a succession of deaths across the area amid high-risk conditions.

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 ...

The huge avalanche hit a number of skiers.

Two skiers have died and three others were injured after being buried by a 'very large avalanche' in Austria's Tyrolean Alps ...

A 22-year-old Dutch-Swiss man died this weekend after being caught in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Verbier, Switzerland. The man was skiing at approximately 2,600 meters when he was swept ...

THIS is the horror moment skiers were swept away and buried by another huge avalanche in the French Alps. Terrifying footage ...

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

An avalanche has killed two off-piste ski tourers in the French Alps, a local prosecutor said on Sunday. According to local ...

A 52-year-old Dutch man was seriously injured Saturday while skiing off-piste in Zell am Ziller, Austria. The skier went ...

Terrifying moment massive avalanche smothers crowd of fleeing skiers in Italian Alps - It is the latest in a series of avalanches to have struck the European Alps this winter ...