Nine dead as hundred avalanches roll over Austria

Vienna, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): Nine people died in three days of more than 100 avalanches rolling across Austria, authorities said Sunday. Most of the avalanches hit the western Tyrol region and Friday alone saw five fatalities, rescue services said. Police said that incident had claimed […]

Four dead, one missing in Austria avalanche

Vienna, Feb 4 (AFP/APP): Four people died and one was missing Friday after several avalanches struck Austria’s Tyrol province, the rescue services said. “It was one of 13 avalanches today in Tyrol… It happened off-piste” near the border with Switzerland, Patrick Ortler from the province’s […]

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