According to Swiss police reports; eleven people, most probably of French origin, were swept away by avalanche on Saturday near Switzerland’s southern border with Italy.
Later on Swiss News Agency reports that three of the victims were rescued after one of them managed to raise the alarm that prompted rescue operation in the area. Rest of them are still missing and rescue operations are underway. There’s no immediate information about the medical condition of rescued.
The gloomy incident took place on Mont Velan, a towering 3,730-metre peak that overlaps the Swiss-Italian border.
Switzerland's National Avalanche Centre had warned of a “considerable” risk of snow-slides in the region on Saturday.
Switzerland's National Avalanche Centre had warned of a “considerable” risk of snow-slides in the region on Saturday.
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