The extreme avalanche situation in East Tyrol was made clear by an avalanche on Saturday evening in Prägraten am Großvenediger. Four houses and one vehicle were damaged. People were not injured. There were other snow avalanches with individual damaged buildings.
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December 8th, 2020 / Tags:austria , avalanche situation , avalanches , extreme , tyrol / Categories: Accidents, Austria, avalanche warning, Avalanches /
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December 8th, 2020 / Tags:austria , avalanche accident , nidwalden , switzerland , titlis / Categories: Accidents, avalanche warning, Avalanches, Switzerland /
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An avalanche accident killed one skier in Switzerland. Authorities in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden said one off-piste skier among a group of five people was killed after getting caught in an avalanche Monday in the Titlis area, south of Lucerne. Rescue teams were not able to resuscitate the 23-year-old Swiss citizen after he was rescued.
December 6th, 2020 / Tags:austria , avalanche warnings , covid , covid testing , tyrol / Categories: avalanche warning, Avalanches, covid /
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Several communities in the Austrian Alps put mass coronavirus testing on hold Sunday. Others were urged to do the same after a storm dumped huge amounts of snow, sending some avalanche warnings to their highest level.
November 21st, 2020 / Tags:accident , austria , avalanche , snow , survival / Categories: Accidents, Avalanches /
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Austrian mountain rescuers have dubbed the survival of a man in his twenties a miracle after an avalanche buried him in snow for five hours.
