Three people were killed in avalanches in Switzerland this weekend, according to local authorities.
Several others were swept away Sunday, January 17 by an avalanche over the city of Montreux, in the west of the country, said the cantonal police of Vaud, confirming the information published by Swiss media.
An investigation is underway, the police will not communicate on the possible victims until Monday, told AFP a spokeswoman.
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Elsewhere in Switzerland, a 53-year-old skier died on Saturday in an avalanche in the Klosters region in the east of the country.
He was skiing, off the piste, in the company of another person who managed to escape, said the cantonal police of Grisons.
Two other people died Saturday in avalanches in the cantons of Obwalden and Schwyz, in central Switzerland.
The freerider who died in Canton Schwyz was descending a steep slope away from the slopes when a flow 100 to 150 meters wide buried him, even as he triggered his avalanche airbag, said the police.
He died in hospital.
These accidents bring to eleven the number of people killed in avalanches in Switzerland this winter, according to the count of the Swiss press agency ATS.
