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A 27-year-old British man has died after being carried almost 50 feet and buried in an avalanche at a popular ski resort. The tragedy took place in the French Alps, local government officials have ...

A British man has been swept 50ft to his death in an avalanche at the top of a popular ski resort in France following a huge ...

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VCG Wilson / Corbis via Getty Images Chris Allen reads a passage about Hannibal from Polybius’ Histories while climbing in the French Alps. Tomas van Houtryve Indeed, in the spirited tradition ...

He was taken to a hospital in Grenoble, in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, where he died later that evening. Heavy snow blocks Alpine resorts in Switzerland and France His family is being ...

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A 27-year-old British man has died after being buried in an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local government ...

The unnamed 27-year-old had been staying with friends at the UCPA centre in Val Thorens, according to local media.

The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the Savoie region of south-west France, shortly after 10am on Thursday.