Although snow is not uncommon in the Alps in April, the disruption left thousands of homes in the Savoie region of eastern ...

Some of Europe’s top ski resorts, including Zermatt in Switzerland and Val d’Isere in France, were forced to shut as heavy ...

Briton, 27, swept 50ft to his death in avalanche at French ski resort after huge snow storm - The victim, who has not yet ...

The man was near the roadside at the Val Thorens resort when he was swept 15 metres (50ft) in an avalanche, officials say.

The man was lying at the side of the road at the Val Thorens ski resort in the south-western Savoie region of France when he ...

The 54-year-old was skiing near Grindelwald when he suddenly veered off track and crashed into a river - where fellow skiers rescued him and called the emergency services ...

The man was pulled from the snow after the avalanche hit and given first aid by police officers, having gone into cardiac ...

More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused ...

The snow brought disruption at the beginning of the Easter holiday The Swiss ski resort of Zermatt was cut ... homes in the Savoie region of eastern France without power. In neighbouring ...