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Seven dead in French Alps avalanche
The avalanche struck around midday at the Snow Dome in the Alps' Massif des Ecrins that is hugely popular with climbers.
Tue Sep 15 2015
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Hundreds of cars stuck in snow-hit Japan
The temperature fell as low as minus 3.6 degrees Celsius Sunday morning in Karuizawa, with accumulated snow about 90 centimetres deep.
Sun Feb 16 2014