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Avalanche near Zermatt: three people rescued dead

2024-04-01T19:26:37.864Z

Highlights: Avalanche near Zermatt: three people rescued dead. Experts had warned of avalanches because of the fresh snow over Easter and strong winds. Rescuers search for missing people for hours. Spontaneous avalanches at altitude can also sweep away wet old snow at medium altitudes. A fourth person was found injured. More information will follow shortly. More information to follow shortly, dpa reports. dpa.com/news/world-news/avalanche-near-Zermatt-three-people-rescued-dead.



As of: April 1, 2024, 9:18 p.m

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Spontaneous avalanches at altitude can also sweep away wet old snow at medium altitudes (symbolic image). © Maxime Schmid/KEYSTONE/dpa

Experts had warned of avalanches because of the fresh snow over Easter and strong winds - then it happened in Zermatt. Rescuers search for missing people for hours.

Zermatt - Several hours after a large avalanche occurred in Zermatt, Switzerland, three people were rescued dead from the masses of snow, according to police on Monday. A fourth person was found injured.

More information will follow shortly.

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Source: merkur

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