21.   Two family members survived, having just left the house they were staying in when the avalanche hit.

22.   In the French Pyrenees, a hiker died after an avalanche hit the Pouy-Prenous mountain area near Cauterets, police said.

23.   A climber died and another was reported missing Friday on Mont Blanc after an avalanche hit a party of six Israelis, police said.

24.   A third person freed himself and alerted mountain rescue, who lost two of their emergency workers when another avalanche hit the area.

25.   A third person escaped and alerted mountain rescue teams, who lost two of their emergency workers when another avalanche hit the area.

26.   Several avalanches have hit the region this weekend following the Spring thaw, local official Boris Degoyev said.

27.   The agency source said the trekkers were buried in their tents early Saturday when the avalanche hit them.