An avalanche within the French Alps has killed six individuals and injured 9 others. The dying toll elevated on Monday after authorities introduced they had been nonetheless looking for a lacking particular person.
The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, within the Haute-Savoie area, some 30 kilometres southwest of Chamonix on Sunday earlier than midday. Its trigger continues to be being investigated by authorities.
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The native France-Bleu radio station put the dimensions of the avalanche at 1,000 metres lengthy and 100 metres extensive. Two helicopters had been despatched in to assist in the search, the station mentioned, quoting the native prefecture in Thonon.
President Emmanuel Macron mentioned his ideas had been with the victims.
"To search out individuals nonetheless blocked below the snow, the emergency companies have been mobilised," he mentioned.
Earlier lethal avalanches
The avalanche is among the most critical to have occurred in France in recent times. Since 2018 there have been three avalanches which have brought on the dying of a minimum of 4 individuals.
2021:
Might 8: seven individuals die in two avalanches within the Alps, the primary in Valloire (Savoie), within the Galibier move space, and the second within the Vanoise massif, on the opposite facet of the division.
Might 3: 5 individuals lose their lives in two separate avalanches, three are swept away within the Ecrins massif (Hautes-Alpes) and two others within the Ailefroide sector (Isère).
2018:
March 2: 4 French ski tourers are killed and a fifth injured by an avalanche in Entraunes (Alpes-Maritimes) whereas their information is discovered protected and sound. The group was on the sting of the Mercantour nationwide park, removed from any ski space.
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