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Avalanches claim six lives in French Alps as danger warnings ignored
A spate of fatal avalanches has struck the French Alps amid persistently unstable snow conditions follow heavy snowfall. This has prompted renewed warnings from the authorities and stark reminders of the dangers of off-piste skiing during periods of high risk.
"The mountain remains a dangerous world", reminded skiers this Monday 12 January from Courchevel (Savoie) the Minister of Sports Marina Ferrari after the death of six people this weekend in avalanches in the Alps. "When you pass safety instructions, you have to respect them. There is no small off-piste," she said in front of the press.The event that mobilized the rescue and security forces was particularly "intense" this weekend, with "16 avalan…
The Isère PGHM rescue workers intervened several times in the Alps for the second weekend of January, while the risk of avalanches was high.
A total of six skiers died this weekend after being buried by avalanches in the French Alps. All victims were skiing off-piste, despite avalanche warnings. French authorities are warning of unstable snow cover due to recent snowfall. "For your own safety and that of the rescue teams: be extremely careful," police said. "Off-piste skiing is strongly discouraged." Three dead on Sunday: A skier was found buried under snow in Courchevel on Sunday mo…
After a murderous Saturday - three dead in two avalanches in Savoie, the black mountain series continued yesterday with three other deaths in avalanches in Savoie and Haute-Savoie, despite calls for caution and a maximum avalanche risk of 4/5 on the massifs of the Pays de Savoie.
In the Alps, three new skiers were killed in an avalanche, bringing the number of deaths since Saturday to six. With one meter of snow falling in just 48 hours, the risk is very high. This concerns most of the French massifs. Météo-France had classified the Alps at high risk of avalanche with a level of four in five. So for relief, maximum vigilance: monitoring of massifs by helicopter and on the ground, preventive work in La Clusaz. (Social iss…
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