1. At night, avalanches roared down white slopes, rumblings from the ice-lined bellies of mountain gods. 2. A separate avalanche roared through the snow-laden region just outside the stricken village of Galtuer on Wednesday afternoon. 3. An avalanche roared into a small town in the Alps in western Austria on Tuesday, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens more missing. 4. Countless avalanches have been roaring down alpine slopes, stranding thousands of tourists in the worst snow chaos in the European Alps in years. 5. Countless avalanches have been roaring down alpine slopes in recent days, stranding thousands of tourists in the worst snow chaos in the European Alps in years. 6. Countless avalanches have been roaring down alpine slopes in recent days, stranding thousands of tourists. 7. Hours later, a second avalanche roared down a mountainside just miles from the first slide. 8. The avalanche roared past the church, right into the green zone where Palin had been walking. |