Nine people dead, two missing in summer French Alps avalanche

Friday, July 13, 2012

CHAMONIX, France -- A climber trying to scale Mont Blanc may accidentally have caused a slab of ice to snap off Thursday high in the French Alps, sparking an avalanche that swept nine European climbers to their deaths, authorities said. A dozen climbers were injured and two were still missing by nightfall.

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