Three killed in Spanish avalanche

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Three skiers have died after being buried in an avalanche at a ski centre in the Spanish Pyrenees.

Mountain rescue teams said they were found in an off-piste area near the resort of Formigal.

Two of the skiers died while rescuers tried to resuscitate them, but the body of the third was discovered later.

The avalanche occurred on Friday morning and the centre said a warning had been issued for off-piste areas because of recent heavy snowfalls.

Some of its ski runs have been closed, at what is considered to be a busy period for Spanish resorts.

Earlier, rescue police in Austria found the body of a 19-year-old woman who had been buried by snow while skiing with friends on Thursday.

Three other people who had been with her were freed.