2024-04-01 20:01:45
This content was published on April 1, 2024 – 10:01 p.m.
(Keystone-ATS) Three people were killed and one injured in the avalanche that occurred on Monday near Zermatt (VS). The search was suspended in the evening, Valais police said on X. The avalanche was triggered in Riffelberg, in an off-piste area.
The flow descended shortly following 2:00 p.m. She was seen by numerous witnesses in the ski area, a police spokesperson said earlier in the day.
A major rescue system was deployed on the site and in the air. He was suspended in the evening, the police said Monday evening on X.
Marked danger
Following heavy snowfall and stormy winds south of the Alps, the avalanche danger is high. “Large to very large spontaneous avalanches are to be expected,” the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research for the Study of Snow and Avalanches (SLF) said on Monday.
In Switzerland, fourteen people have so far lost their lives this winter until the end of March in mountain avalanches. According to a report from SLF, 194 people were swept away by avalanches during 146 accidents. Most of the victims were ski hikers.
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