4 die in Swiss Alps avalanches | Inquirer News

4 die in Swiss Alps avalanches

/ 06:42 AM January 06, 2014

GENEVA – Four skiers were killed and another was in a critical condition after a series of avalanches hit the Alps in southern Switzerland Sunday, Swiss media reported.

Three of the victims, including a guide, died when a wall of snow bore down on a group of cross-country skiers in the canton of Valais, critically wounding another, public broadcaster RTS reported.

A fourth, a 34-year-old Swiss man, was killed as he skied off-piste in the same canton, Valais police told the ATS news agency.

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The deaths came two days after mountain rescue workers in the canton cautioned that there was an especially high risk of snowslides.

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Police said several avalanches had been set off by off-piste skiers and urged caution, warning that the risk of more snowslides remained high.

Four people were swept up in a flood of snow in Verbier, but escaped without injury, RTS said.

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The latest deaths bring to at least 11 the number of people killed by avalanches in Switzerland so far this winter.

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