Several people were killed in the mountains this weekend due to avalanches. In the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg alone, six winter sports enthusiasts and a driver of a snowplow have died since Friday, and a ski tourer from Bavaria has had a fatal accident in South Tyrol. Authorities warned of further avalanches – including in the Bavarian Alps.
According to the avalanche warning service, there have been more avalanches in Bavaria in recent days, especially in the Allgäu and from an altitude of 1400 meters. They were mainly triggered by winter sports enthusiasts. The danger was also great during the weekend. According to the avalanche warning service, unlike in Austria and Italy, no one was seriously injured there.
A 31-year-old ski tourer from Bavaria died on Saturday in an avalanche in South Tyrol. She was found at a depth of 2.5 meters and could not be brought back to life. According to the South Tyrolean mountain rescue service, a companion was able to be freed unharmed from under the snow masses and, according to the mountain rescue service, came to the emergency pastoral. The snow masses had fallen at an altitude of about 2200 meters. A group of German ski tourers who had noticed the incident rushed to the rescue. The accident site was about 80 kilometers east of Bolzano, near the border with the Veneto region.
In St. Anton, Austria, two ski tourers were found dead in the snow. The 29-year-old ski guide and his guest, a 33-year-old Austrian, were hit by a slab of snow in the open ski area on Saturday morning. The search had to be stopped because of the high avalanche danger. A 62-year-old ski tourer was killed by an avalanche in the Austrian Kaunertal. In East Tyrol, the driver of a snow plow was found dead under snow masses on Sunday. According to the police, the vehicle was caught in an avalanche and was swept away.
A 32-year-old Chinese skier died in an avalanche in the Ötztal. A 17-year-old New Zealander was buried in the Zillertal by snow masses, and a 55-year-old German who had been missing since Friday evening was found dead under an avalanche in the Kleinwalsertal on Saturday. Despite the warnings, the three winter sports enthusiasts had left the secured ski area on the slopes.
In the Alps, considerably more than a meter of fresh snow has fallen regionally in recent days. There is the second highest avalanche warning level. Dozens of avalanches were counted in Tyrol alone. (saw/sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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