CHAMONIX, France (Reuters)- Nine mountain climbers were killed in an avalanche near Chamonix in the French Alps on Thursday and rescue workers were searching for four others still missing, authorities said.
The most deadly avalanche in the alps since 2008 swept down a popular climbing route in the Mont Blanc range near the border with Switzerland at about 2300 EDT on Wednesday.
The dead included two Spaniard, three Germans, one Swiss and three people whose nationalities had not yet been ascertained, the head of the Haute – Savoie rescue squad, Bertrand francois, told a press conference.