Heavy snow blocks Alpine resorts in Switzerland and France
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At least four deaths after heavy rain and snow in the Alps. The Federal Foreign Office continues to warn against heavy rainfall.
Huge snowfalls, in the midst of spring, have caused disruptions in several Alpine regions in Switzerland, Italy and France, where one person was seriously injured in an avalanche, prompting authorities to take exceptional measures, AFP reports.
Several French resorts have announced that they have closed their ski areas for the day due to the risk of avalanche, which reaches the maximum level in several massifs. Switzerland and Italy have also been hit by "exceptional" snowfalls.
Severe weather in the Alps: a person in critical condition after being buried by snow in Val Thorens
In "cardio-respiratory arrest", the victim was transferred on Thursday 17 April from the Val Thorens station (Savoie) to the hospital center of Grenoble (Isère), announces the prefecture of Savoie. The authorities ask the inhabitants, as well as those of Tignes, to remain confined.
After the fall of more than a metre of snow in Tignes (Savoie), the mayor of the commune announced, on Thursday 17 April, the confinement of the station in order to "secure the people" on site. A measure in place until 3 p.m. and which will resume from 8 p.m. onward.
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