51.   Police feared more people could be trapped under the earth, which came down during a thunderstorm.

52.   Police said the explosion was so powerful that the house collapsed on the victims, trapping them under the rubble, the Press Trust of India said.

53.   Pockets of explosive gas can be trapped under the earth near coal seams.

54.   A spokeswoman from the Thredbo media office, Suzie Rowland, said people were trapped under rubble after the landslide hit two ski lodges at Thredbo Village.

55.   A spokeswoman from the Thredbo media office, Suzie Rowland, said people were trapped under rubble of two ski lodges at Thredbo Village.

56.   A second passenger was trapped under the van.

57.   According to Weingartner, foreign tourists were among those still trapped under the snow, but no further information was immediately available.

58.   Although his legs were trapped under a table and concrete blocks, he escaped the devastating plunge to the ground below.

59.   All of the injured workers were taken to hospitals except one whose leg was trapped under a steel beam.

60.   Among the six people injured was an unidentified woman who remained trapped under the rubble for several hours, officials said.