"Avalanches across the Alps have claimed victims since last week after heavy snowfall. An avalanche swept away three of a group of seven Czech ski tourers in the Murtal district in Styria province, burying them completely, police said in a statement. Emergency responders were able to locate and partially dig out the buried victims, they added. Despite immediate rescue efforts, the three individuals were found dead."
"On Tuesday, an avalanche killed a 13-year-old Czech skiing off-piste in the Austrian Alpine resort of Bad Gastein. Last Sunday, a 58-year-old ski tourer died in an avalanche in the Tyrolean resort of Weerberg in western Austria. In neighbouring Switzerland, a German man was killed in an avalanche, and four other people were hurt, as they were cross-country skiing on Friday. Last weekend in France, six skiers died after being caught in avalanches in various Alpine resorts."
An avalanche swept away three of seven Czech ski tourers in the Murtal district in Styria province, burying them completely; emergency responders located and partially dug out the buried victims but found them dead. Earlier in the Pongau area near Salzburg, an avalanche hit a group of seven off-piste skiers, killing four and seriously injuring another. Another avalanche in the same area swept away an off-piste skier. District rescue officials said clear repeated warnings were issued but avalanches continued, underscoring the seriousness of the current situation. Recent days saw additional fatalities in Bad Gastein, Weerberg, neighbouring Switzerland and several French Alpine resorts after heavy snowfall.
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