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| Austria avalanche: At least three dead | Austria avalanche: At least three dead |
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| At least three people have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps, police say. | At least three people have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps, police say. |
| Rescuers are looking for a fourth person missing after the avalanche hit at about 12:30 local time (11:30 GMT). | |
| The four were said to be in a group of eight foreign tourists but managed to free themselves and seek help, according to Austrian reports. | |
| The avalanche happened in a remote area close to the Jochgrubenkopf peak in the Tyrol in western Austria. | |
| Rudi Mair from the Tyrol avalanche warning service said "tonnes of snow" had come down. | |
| He described the area as "extremely steep". |