Overview

• Two avalanches in the French Alps on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of five skiers, all of whom were skiing off-piste.
• Four Norwegian skiers died near Val-Cenis in the Savoy region when a large avalanche struck their group of seven; one victim died at a hospital after being airlifted.
• A Swiss woman was killed in a separate avalanche near Vallorcine, north of the Mont-Blanc Massif, while skiing with her father and brother, who survived.
• Authorities in the Haute-Savoie region have issued warnings about increased avalanche risks due to current snow conditions.
• Earlier in the week, a 55-year-old skier with dual Brazilian-Portuguese citizenship died in an avalanche in the Mont-Blanc Massif.