Six Die as 200 Avalanches Strike Austrian Alps Following Storm
At least six people died in recent avalanches across western Austria after heavy snowfall and high winds created a dangerous, unstable snowpack.Anton Mattle and Jörg Randl from the Austrian Alpine Club urged extreme caution as more than 200 incidents were reported in a single week.The fatalities include citizens from the
USA,
Germany,
Switzerland, and
Poland, while road closures isolated resorts and left 29,000 homes in
Slovenia without power.