Five skiers killed in French Alps avalanches

Local officials confirmed that five skiers were killed in two separate collapses in the French Alps on Wednesday.

A torrent of snow came in Fall Kenis, in the southeastern Savoy area, killing four Norwegian skiers, while a Swiss skate -up north died in the Hawa Savoy area, near Chamonic.

Three Norwegians were killed immediately, while a fourth woman, a woman, died in a nearby hospital after he was exposed to severe body temperature and arrest of the heart.

They were part of a group larger than seven skiers, and the remaining three were unattended.

Jack Arno, mayor of Val Kenice, told AFP that each member of the group was carrying a Avalanche lighthouse while skiing.

It is also known as Backcountry, refers to any unique area or maintenance for use by skiers and is largely more dangerous.

“The large -size collapse that was operated outside the ski area was.”

A police source said that a team of 10 specialists to save the mountains were sent in the operation.

The Swiss victim, a 30 -year -old woman, was skiing with her brother, who was transferred to the hospital for tests, and her father, who was unharmed.

The three were all anti -collapse airbags and were skiing in the Mont Massif mountain range.

On Tuesday, Brazilian 55 -year -old Brazilian was skirt He was killed in a “very large” collapse in a section outside Mont Blanc.