An avalanche struck a train near Goppenstein, Switzerland, injuring five people as heavy snowfall triggers widespread deadly snow slides. Large parts of the western Alps remain under the highest ...

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A fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss Alps during New Year’s Eve celebrations killed about 40 people and left 115 injured, many of them seriously, police said early Thursday. The blaze tore through a ...

One passenger was taken to hospital after the derailment, which police say could have been caused by an avalanche.

The accident happened as the region is under its second-highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five.

An avalanche swept down a mountainside and hit a train near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps. A passenger captured the moment as snow slammed into the side of the train and shook the windows.