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CBS News
25-05-2025
- CBS News
5 skiers found dead on glacier in Switzerland; another skier killed by avalanche
The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there. Valais cantonal police said Sunday the group of victims was located on the Adler Glacier following aerial and ground searches after two hikers reported seeing abandoned skis near the Rimpfischhorn, a 4,000-meter peak in the Valais Alps. Formal identification of the victims is still underway, and their nationalities have not yet been released. Authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident. Weather conditions and avalanche activity in the region are being examined as part of the probe. The Morgenhorn mountain in Kandersteg. Bern Cantonal Police On Saturday, in a high-altitude resort town of Kandersteg that is 1.5 hours north of Zermatt, local police said an avalanche buried three skiers on the Morgenhorn, killing one of them. Two of the men had minor injuries, according to Bern police. The deceased was identified as a 29-year-old Swiss citizen from the canton of Bern, police said.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Swiss mountain avalanche buries several people, police say
A rescue mission is under way to reach several people buried in an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps, local police "ice avalanche" took place shortly after midday on Saturday, Bern police said in a statement on social said they had launched a large-scale operation involving several rescue teams who were looking for Eiger is a 3,967m (13,000 ft) peak near the tourist resorts of Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, and Wengen.
