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Four dead in Austrian Alps avalanche

Four mountain climbers have reportedly died in an avalanche on the Austrian Alps.

Mountain rescuers try to locate a missing man following an avalanche

Four mountain climbers have reportedly died in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps. (AAP)

The Austria Press Agency says four mountain climbers have been killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps.

The report, citing police, says the climbers were part of an eight-person ski touring group when the avalanche hit on Wednesday.

Four people in the group were able to free themselves from the snow on their own and alerted rescue crews.

The avalanche came on the 2450-metre-high Jochgrubenkopf mountain, southeast of Innsbruck, and measured about 700-metres-long with the snow depth reaching 12 metres.


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