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...same day as the Swiss tragedy, another hurtling snow mass engulfed six chalets and two hotels in the French village of Lanslevillard on the French-Italian border, killing eight and injuring ten. That slide occurred just 30 miles from Val d'Isère, the home town of Skier Jean-Claude Killy, where 42 people were killed last month when a massive slab of snow thundered into a youth hostel. Still another series of avalanches last week caused nine deaths in the Austrian Tyrol, and three more died in Italy's Apennine Range about 100 miles southeast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: Nature's Deadly Whim | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

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