Death toll from avalanches in Tyrol rises to seven, ‘black day’ for the state

The death toll from the avalanches that hit Tyrol on Friday continues to rise. Austrian media report that the bodies of a 61-year-old woman and her 60-year-old husband have been found in the ski resort of Wildschönau, after five people were previously killed in an avalanche near Spiss. A local newspaper speaks of a “black day”.

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