Skiers have been killed and injured in deadly avalanches that struck across the Austrian Alps today.
The emergency services within the Arlberg area of Tyrol have pulled people out of the snow after avalanches were triggered.
Searches are ongoing, with multiple helicopters circling the mountains and the village of St Anton.
Two people were reportedly dead once they were rescued from the snow.
One other five people should still be missing, in response to Kronen Zeitung.
There are fears the death toll could rise as no less than one person was resuscitated while one other was airlifted to the hospital.
St Anton’s mayor, Helmut Mall, insisted that there’s ‘absolutely no’ danger to residents, in response to Austrian outlet MeinBezirk.
The avalanche is believed to have hit in an off-piste area outside of maintained slopes and near the Rendl cable automobile on the Verwall mountain.
In Nauders, a municipality further south in Tyrol, a dad and son were reportedly buried below the snow.
The mountain rescue teams together with a helicopter discovered a 16-year-old boy, who had suffered serious injuries, in response to Kronen Zeitung.
His dad had died when he was pulled from the snow.
Tyrol has been blanketed by heavy fresh snow, which increases the likelihood of avalanches.
An avalanche threat level of 4 out of 5, meaning high, stays in place across the Tyrol province.
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