Recent avalanches in the French Alps have led to the tragic deaths of four Norwegian skiers and one Swiss skier. The Norwegian skiers, caught in an enormous avalanche in Val-Cenis, were part of a group of seven and included victims who died on-site and one who succumbed to injuries later. Meanwhile, a separate avalanche in Haute-Savoie claimed the life of a Swiss female skier, while her family members were thankfully unharmed, despite all being equipped with safety gear.
The Norwegian victims were part of a group of seven skiers caught in the avalanche in Val-Cenis, on the border with Italy.
A separate avalanche near Chamonix, in the Haute-Savoie region, killed a Swiss skier, according to the public prosecutor's office in Bonneville.
All were equipped with avalanche beacons as they were engaged in off-piste ski touring, said the mayor of Val-Cenis, Jacques Arnoux.
It was an avalanche of great size which was triggered outside the ski area, he added.
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