TVMountain have uploaded a video of the search after the Tignes avalanche yesterday (1m50s into video).

Two female climbers from the Piemont region in northern Italy have been killed by an avalanche on the face of the Mont Blanc du Tacul around 04h00 this morning close to the séracs.

A British ski mountaineer has been killed by an avalanche on the Grande Casse in the Savoie this morning. This is the 34th avalanche fatality this season. The long term average is 31.

A 41 year old man from Lille was hit by an avalanche in the ski resort of Vars in the Hautes-Alpes this morning. The slide occurred on the Vallon blue. The man was partially buried by the debris.

The rise in temperatures this week coupled with the heavy winter snowfall have led to some spectacular avalanches in the French Alps.

An off-piste skier is in a serious condition after an avalanche at Auron in the Martime Alpes.

A large avalanche on the Dent Parrachée (3697m) early this morning in the Savoie department has left three dead and three injured, one in a critical condition.

A skier was injured after being hit by debris from a cornice fall on the east side of Col de la Roche Noire in the Belledonne range.

There were two avalanche incidents in the Three Valleys area yesterday which injured three skiers, one using an airbag system.

A Russian skier has been seriously injured after an avalanche hit the open piste she was skiing on yesterday afternoon.