The police said several other rescues took place. The avalanches happened amid severe weather warnings across the region.

A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region's avalanche death toll this season to at least 21.

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A major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wide Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall ...