Avalanche/landslide Search party finds no buried victims after avalanche in Valais
The descent of an avalanche in an off-piste area in the Les Crosets ski resort in the municipality of Val-d'Illiez VS appears to have been harmless. Helicopters and a rescue team with dogs found no buried victims on Tuesday afternoon.
24.12.2024, 15:39
24.12.2024, 18:11
SDA
The search was stopped at 4.30 p.m., said Cynthia Zermatten, spokeswoman for the Valais cantonal police, on Tuesday at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency. No reports of missing persons had been received.
The search operation was first reported by "20 Minuten". The masses of snow had fallen shortly before 12.20 pm.
The recent snowfall in the Alps had increased the risk of avalanches in recent days. According to the bulletin from the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), the risk along the entire Rhone Valley was reclassified as "high" on Tuesday.
