This Sunday, four people died and several were injured in a gigantic avalanche that occurred on a slope of the Armancette glacier, in the French Alps very close to the border with Switzerland, as confirmed by the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, via Twitter.
The avalanche occurred in the beautiful tourist commune of Contamines-Montjoie, according to the Haute-Savoie prefecture, and its magnitude was made clear by the measures that were estimated for its scope: the length of the snow displacement was a wall one kilometer long by 100 meters wide…
As reported by the official, the balance of the avalanche is still “provisional” and “rescue teams are still working”, since they still The total number of deaths could not be determined. during the tragedy. Likewise, she expressed her solidarity with the victims and their families.
It should be noted that no type of avalanche alert in the area, although experts speculate that it was a consequence of the combination of heat and wind.
After what happened, they mobilized troops, gendarmes, firefighters y SMUR doctors (Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service) and the helicopters of Civil Security and the Gendarmerie together with a group of rescue dogs dedicated to avalanche search.
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