INT: Heavy Snow Kills 7 in Alps
The Associated Press reports today that heavy snow caused the collapse of an ice rink roof in Germany which has killed five people (and 20 are still missing).
This article also says that 2 people were killed by an avalanche in the French Alps yesterday. That article says that "There has been around 40 cm (nearly 16 inches) of snow over the past several days" in the avalanche area.
Stock Photo of "Battleship Avalanche"
by the U.S. National Park Service
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