Helicopters search for skier in Switzerland as five others found dead
Helicopters were combing an area near the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland on Monday (March 11) to find a missing skier after five other members of the party were found dead after "catastrophic" conditions.
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00:00 Helicopters were combing an area near the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland on Monday
00:08 to find a missing skier after five other members of the party were found dead after "catastrophic
00:14 conditions".
00:15 The cross-country skiers, five of them members of the same family from the Valais canton,
00:20 went missing around Tete Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt Arola path.
00:26 Authorities have not given the cause of death for the five found late on Sunday.
00:31 Eleven helicopters were part of a search and rescue operation as well as a five-person
00:36 team that left Zermatt on foot to reach the area near the Matterhorn.
00:41 A formal investigation is underway.
00:44 Authorities urged extreme caution given ongoing risks of avalanches which also killed another
00:50 off-piste skier in a separate incident in the same canton at the weekend.
00:55 The road to Zermatt, a popular mountain resort for skiers from around the world, is also
01:00 shut after being partially buried by an avalanche.
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