11.   Hanna Tijmes of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in the Netherlands said two family members survived, having just left the house they were staying in when the avalanche hit.

12.   In a separate incident, one person was killed when an avalanche hit two cars traveling on the highway near Lavin in extreme eastern Switzerland.

13.   In Switzerland, a man-made avalanche hit the southern ski resort of Luekerbad on Thursday, sending one person to the hospital with a suspected heart attack.

14.   No avalanche has hit that area in living memory.

15.   Several chalets were buried under deep snow after two avalanches hit a village just north of Chamonix in the French Alps on Tuesday, police said.

16.   The avalanches hit Sunday evening between the villages of Evolene and Les Hauderes, sweeping away several chalets, state police said.

17.   The tourists were asleep Sunday morning when the avalanche hit the Sturec hotel, located in the Turiec village in the Velka Fatra mountains.

18.   The toll included eight children who were asleep in a shack in Puerto Bellow, in northern Colombia, when an avalanche hit.

19.   The tourists were asleep Sunday morning when the avalanche hit the Sturec hotel, located in the Turecka village in the Velka Fatra mountains.

20.   Two family members survived, having just left the house when the avalanche hit.