Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall hit the region on Friday. A 42-year-old German man, caught in an avalanche with his 16-year-old son, was among ...

From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches. More than 100 people have died across the mountains this season so far, according to ...

LONDON — Winter snow is typically welcomed in the Alps, an area well-equipped to cope with the several inches of the white stuff. But recent thaws followed by heavy rainfall have upended travel and ...

A British man who died in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in the French Alps has been named as a retired company director. Neil Willetts, 56, was buried under tonnes of snow after he was engulfed ...

The death of an Olympic snowboarding athlete is a reminder that even the most skilled and experienced athletes are not immune to the threat of... The death of a Swiss Olympic snowboarder this week is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A passenger captured the moment an avalanche roared down a mountainside and slammed into a train near Zermatt, Switzerland, on Feb ...

Five people have been injured after a train derailed in southern Switzerland, in an incident that could have been caused by an avalanche, police say. The derailment happened near the village of ...

The frightening moment an avalanche thundered down a mountainside and slammed into a train traveling through the Swiss Alps was captured by a tourist. The dramatic incident unfolded on Feb. 17 near ...

There are some great one day hikes within easy reach of the Swiss city of Geneva but some are easier than others, writes Monty Pierce Jones. A former fire safety official in the Swiss ski resort of ...

A major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wide Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall ...