Police have confirmed that all the skiers have been rescued after a massive avalanche in Austria 👏
All skiers have been rescued after a massive avalanche in Austria, police have confirmed.Helicopters, searchlights and dogs were used in the operation to locate the group after initial fears they had been buried in the snow.They were injured, one of them seriously, while the remaining six feared to have been involved were said to be fine.
A final security search is currently taking place for security reasons, but no other skiers are thought to have been affected. The avalanche happened at about 3pm local time – 2pm GMT – on the nearly 9,000ft Trittkopf mountain between Zuers and Lech am Arlberg. Lech-Zuers tourism director Hermann Fercher said last night the remaining search would continue ‘all night if we have to.’
The avalanche followed days of snow in the high alpine region and unseasonably warm weather on Christmas Day, the Austria Press Agency reported.This morning, the local mountain rescue service had rated the avalanche danger as high.
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