A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region's avalanche death toll this season to at least 21.

The police said several other rescues took place. The avalanches happened amid severe weather warnings across the region.

Two skiers have died and three others were injured after being buried by a 'very large avalanche' in Austria's Tyrolean Alps ...

The number of skiers killed by avalanches in Austria on Friday has risen to five, authorities said, adding to a string of fatal incidents this winter. Two people were found dead following a slide in ...

The whole mountain rumbles when an avalanche rolls off it. The swirling, whirling mass approaches like a steam train, picking up thousands of tons of matter on its descent, throwing clouds of snow ...

A 22-year-old Dutch-Swiss man died this weekend after being caught in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Verbier, Switzerland. The man was skiing at approximately 2,600 meters when he was swept ...

An avalanche has killed two off-piste ski tourers in the French Alps, a local prosecutor said on Sunday. According to local ...

A major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wide Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall ...