A British man died after he was buried by an avalanche at a ski season in the French Alps, local officials said.
The 27 -year -old man was near the road on the Val Thorens Resort when he was swept and took 15 meters (50 feet) on Thursday morning, a local prosecutor said.
The British, who has not yet appointed his leg, had already had a heart trial when police officers arrived at the scene to get him out of the snow.
It was tasks of a hospital in Grenoble, in the Auverne-Rhone-Alpes region, where he died later.
His family is being supported by local services, added the prosecutor, and an investigation into the incident has been launched.
A spokesman for the United Kingdom Foreign Ministry said: “We support the family of a British man who died in France and is in contact with local authorities.”
The strong snow has hit the Alps in recent days, with thousands of houses in the Savoie region of Eastern France without power.
On Thursday, road and railways were cut into the Zermatt complex in the south of the Canton of Valais and were told to tourists and residents that they remained in the French complex of Tignes.
The mayor of Tignes, Serge Revial, said that there was a high risk of avalanches and that a decision “protect people” had to be made.
To the south of Zermatt, power cuts were reported in 37 of the 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley in northwest Italy, and a bridge collapsed in Biella in the near Piedmont.
