1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche
Подписчиков: 0, рейтинг: 0
On 10 February 1970, an avalanche in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France, killed 39 people.
At 8:05 am on 10 February 1970, an avalanche struck the ski resort of Val-d'Isère in the French Alps. More than 100,000 cubic yards of snow fell into a three-storey, eight-year-old concrete chalet which housed about 200 people. It killed 39 young skiers and injured another 37.