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'Several buried' as avalanche hits Alps Tignes avalanche: All skiers reported safe after resort struck by avalanche
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Several people are feared to have been caught in an avalanche in the French ski resort of Tignes. No one has been hurt in an avalanche that struck the French ski resort of Tignes, reports say.
Witnesses said "a lot of people" had been buried, a police spokesperson said. Early reports quoted police as saying the avalanche buried several skiers.
Media reports said the avalanche had hit skiers. Bad weather had hampered the rescue operation but it has now concluded without finding any casualties, according to the latest reports.
The avalanche risk at Tignes was said to be four on a scale of five, and part of the resort had been closed to skiers.
A journalist at the scene said it had been snowing heavily in Tignes for days and that mountain guides had been setting off preventative avalanches to try to reduce the threat.
Last month four snowboarders were killed when an avalanche hit an off-piste area of the same resort. Tignes said that it appeared to have been set off by a group of skiers higher up.Last month four snowboarders were killed when an avalanche hit an off-piste area of the same resort. Tignes said that it appeared to have been set off by a group of skiers higher up.
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