The Latest Breaking News from Alpine Rescue

Watch: Video shows massive avalanche racing toward group of skiers in Italy; 2 killed

Two off-piste skiers were killed and a third seriously injured when an avalanche struck a mountainside near Courmayeur on Sunday morning, Italy’s central Alpine Rescue service (CNSAS) said.

The Times of India · Feb 18

Train derails in Switzerland amid fatal avalanches across the Alps

Swiss police say derailment near Goppenstein injured five as large areas of western Alps remain under category 5 avalanche risk

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16

Pictured: Avalanche-hit train derails in Swiss Alps leaving five people injured

Around 80 people were travelling on the BLS train which derailed near Goppenstein in the Valais canton

Evening Standard · Feb 16