Police say 12 people have died as a result of snowslides in the Canadian mountains.
Three foreign skiers died in a avalanche At Canada this Thursday 2. The drama happened in the rocky mountains of Kootenay, in the west of the country. According to information from local police, the number of people killed by snowslides this season has risen to 12. The identity of the victims has not been revealed. According to AFP information, four people, including a guide, were injured when a group of 10 people were trapped from midday Wednesday in the Panama Mountain Resort area, 160 kilometers west of Calgary. . The information comes from Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal James Grandy in an email sent to the news agency. The injured were transferred to an Invermere area hospital, some in serious condition.
This year’s winter in the northern hemisphere is considered one of the worst in terms of deaths. Among the victims are two police officers, who were not on duty at the time of the tragedy, and two brothers. An alert was even launched by the NGO Avalanche Canada in early January on the risks of “large and destructive avalanches” due to the instability of the snowpack.
*With information from AFP
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