Lohjenneen alueen yläreunan korkeus on 3-4 metriä / The edge of the slab is 3-4m thick |
The recent storm with hurricane-force winds accumulated enormous amounts of snow into lee-side slopes. This resulted in a very large avalanche that crashed into the town on Saturday morning. Two people have died with several injured still in hospital. It could have been much worse but this is already pretty bad.
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