Avalanches

16th July 2020 50 mins Season 2 Episode 7

In the Alps, avalanches repeatedly broke loose during the 1950s, causing many deaths. More than 250 people lost their lives in the so-called avalanche winter when the enormous masses of snow thundered down the mountainsides.

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