An avalanche in the French Alps killed four people Sunday, France’s interior minister said.
The local France-Bleu radio station put the size of the avalanche at 1,000 meters long and 100 meters wide. Two helicopters were sent in to help in the search, the station said, quoting the local prefecture in Thonon.
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