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Two climbers fall and die while attached to third man's rope as major avalanches hit European mountain resorts – The Independent, Independent

Two climbers fall and die while attached to third man's rope as major avalanches hit European mountain resorts – The Independent, Independent


    

             

                                   

                                                                         

Two climbers who slipped and died while scaling anItalianmountain were left dangling from a third man by ropes connecting them all.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

The grim incident occurred on Boxing Day morning as the trio made their way up Gran Sasso in the country centralAbruzzoregion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The two dead men have not been named but local media said their bodies were recovered after the third climber called emergency services to report what had happened.

                                                                                                                                                                                             

  

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Their deaths came as major search operations were launched looking for skiers following four separate avalanches in central Europe.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Several people were reported missing in the winter resorts ofAndermattinSwitzerlandand Ankogel inAustria.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

    

        

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Authorities in Andermatt said two people were injured and four others had to free themselves after snow suddenly swept down a ski slope at

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“We believe there are more people buried but we can’t say how many,” Reto Pfister, a police spokesman, said. “The longer the search takes, the smaller the chance they get away without an injury or danger to life.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

A British skier, who asked not to be named, said he had only just come off the slopes when the avalanche occurred.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

“It happened at a really busy time in the morning so there were lots of people on that slope,” he told the (************************************************ (Evening Standard) “There seemed to be quite a lot of people searching on the piste and they were digging for at least two or three people.”

                                                                                                                     

More than rescue workers along with helicopters and dogs were included in the search, authorities said.

                                                                                                                     

Police in the Austrian ski resort of Ankogel, meanwhile, said two people had been slightly injured following three separate avalanches there.

                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                 

    

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