At least 12 dead in winter storms, as avalanches and high winds hammer Europe
- Search for skiers lost in Norway abandoned again due to heavy snow and hazardous conditions, while temperatures plunge to minus 20 in Greece
Hundreds of people were snowed-in in Alpine regions amid avalanche warnings, parts of Scandinavia were left without electricity and high winds caused flight delays and cancellations in the Netherlands as deadly winter weather continued to blast Europe on Tuesday.
At least 12 people have been killed in weather-related accidents in Europe over the last week, most of them from avalanches.
In Norway, attempts to find the bodies of four skiers were again put on hold due to poor visibility and heavy snowfall. A 29-year-old Swedish woman and three Finns, aged 29, 32 and 36, were presumed dead after a 300-metre-wide (990-foot-wide) avalanche hit the Tamok valley, near the northern city of Tromsoe, last week.
In Austria, hundreds of residents were stuck in their homes due to blocked roads, and some regions experienced power outages after snow-laden trees took down power lines.
