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 by Staff Writers Gap, France (AFP) March 1, 2019
A 61-year-old British man was killed Friday after being caught in an avalanche while cross-country skiing in the French Alps, authorities said. The man was part of a group being led by two guides on a trail in Le Monetier-les-Bains, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Grenoble, when the avalanche started on a slope about 100 metres (yards) above them. One of the guides sustained minor injuries and was hospitalised, local prosecutor Raphael Balland said. According to France's national snow and avalanche research association ANENA, six people have been killed and one other has disappeared in avalanches so far this winter. Last year the association recorded 37 avalanche deaths.
Black snow falls on Siberia blamed on "killer" coal industry Moscow (AFP) Feb 26, 2019 Black snow falling in Siberia due to air loaded with coal dust prompted the regional governor on Tuesday to temporarily close a coal processing plant he accused of killing residents. Snow laced with coal dust this month coated three towns in the industrial Kemerovo region, more than 3,000 kilometres (1,800 miles) east of Moscow. Residents posted pictures on social media of cars and buildings under layers of black or greyish snow, with some saying it looked like Mordor, a terrifying blackened rea ... read more
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