FRANCE – An avalanche in the French Alpine resort of Val-d’Isere on Friday killed 3 skiers, following a heavy snowfall brought by Storm Nils. The avalanche struck at around 11.30 am (0930GMT) in an off-piste area of the Manchet valley, sweeping away six skiers, according to local officials. A French national and two British nationals […]
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Storm Nils in France Kills 1 as Red Alert Issued
FRANCE – Storm Nils battered southern and southwestern France with violent winds, flooding and avalanches on Thursday Feb. 12, resulting to the death of a truck driver and left around 850,000 households without power. The man was killed in the Landes department near the town of Mees after a tree branch fell onto his truck, […]