Six people have been confirmed dead, while eight were injured after an avalanche on Mount Blanc in the French Alps. Photo / Thinkstock
Six people have been confirmed dead, while eight were injured after an avalanche on Mount Blanc in the French Alps. Photo / Thinkstock
At least six people died and eight were injured in an avalanche in the Alps' Mont Blanc massif, French mountain police say, with emergency services dispatched to the scene.
One of the injured sounded the alert at around 0325 GMT (1325 AEST) on Thursday after the avalanche on Mont Maudit,the massif's third-highest peak, that hit several roped groups of climbers.
