Extreme weather in Italy and France brings avalanches, floods and landslides

Boy, 16, killed by avalanche in Italy’s south Tyrol region with more predicted in France during busy week for ski resorts

Extreme weather has brought avalanches, storms, strong winds and landslides to Italy and France.

A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Plan in Val Passiria in Italy’s South Tyrol region, near the Austrian border. The avalanche risk in the area stands at level three, or “considerable”, on the European avalanche danger scale. The boy is the second person to be killed by an avalanche in the region in recent days.