{"id":9490,"date":"2019-02-20T08:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2019-02-20T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T00:46:37","slug":"several-people-buried-in-swiss-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=9490","title":{"rendered":"Several people buried in Swiss avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9497\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/swis-avalanche.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Swiss resort of Crans-Montana. wikipedia <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> GENEVA, Feb 20 (NNN- NNA)- An avalanche buried several skiers on the busy slopes of the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on Tuesday, police said, as scores of rescuers worked to dig out survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nouvelliste, a local newspaper, quoted the commune\u2019s president Nicolas Feraud as saying that 10 to 12 people were believed to be trapped. The paper said the avalanche covered some 300-400 meters of a piste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contacted by Reuters, Feraud declined to comment on how many people he believed to be trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The avalanche, which occurred in mid-afternoon, came after a week of warmer temperatures began melting heavy snow in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn avalanche occurred in the Plaine-Morte sector, search and rescue teams are on the site. Several people are buried,\u201d Valais cantonal police said in a Tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate statement, the Crans-Montana ski lift company said a ski patroller had set off the alarm at 1323 GMT and that \u201cthe circumstances of the incident are not yet known\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippe Magistretti, president of the ski lift company, told Reuters by telephone from the resort, which is scheduled to host two women\u2019s races this weekend: \u201cAbout 100 rescue workers are on the site. We also have people from the army who were here ahead of the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSPRING AVALANCHE\u201d<br>\u201cThe amount of snow is incredible, two metres deep and 300 meters long. It\u2019s a spring avalanche which is very compact,\u201d the Nouvelliste quoted one unnamed rescue worker as saying. Rescue dogs had not found anyone during a first search, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The avalanche coincided with school holidays in some cantons, including Geneva, as well as overseas. Britain\u2019s Blackheath High School tweeted that all its students on a ski trip in the area were safe and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were about 8,000 skiers on the slopes, which is a good day,\u201d Magistretti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two helicopters and rescue teams were at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marius Robyr, in charge of organizing the World Cup races, was quoted in the daily Tribune de Geneve earlier on Tuesday as saying there was 1 to 1.5 meters of snow on La Nationale ski piste. He said it was closed to tourists ahead of the practice sessions and downhill and combined races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur only \u2018enemy\u2019 is the sun,\u201d he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA, Feb 20 (NNN- NNA)- An avalanche buried several skiers on the busy slopes of the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on Tuesday, police said, as scores of rescuers worked to dig out survivors. The Nouvelliste, a local newspaper, quoted the commune\u2019s president Nicolas Feraud as saying that 10 to 12 people were believed to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":9491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}