A hotel in the swiss mountain village of Schwägalp is Friday morning, has been hit by a violent avalanche.
The swiss authorities report that the man has found three injured people in the snemasserne at the Hotel St. Gallar Tagblatt, while no one is reported missing or had perished.
112 – 4. jan. 2019 – at. 16:58 Four killed in a violent accident: No-one survives such an avalanche
Police and rescue teams looking for remains after the people of snedyngerne Friday morning. The snow has fallen down over the Alps in the past week, where several ski resorts as the Schwägalp’ve got several metres of the white precipitation.
There are a couple of more than ten persons, who have lost their lives due to avalanches in the austrian and swiss alps.
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Here is a car that has been a victim of the avalanche. Photo. Ritzau Scanpix
the Avalanche penetrated through the window panes
Friday morning sat several guests in the hotel’s restaurant and eat breakfast when the avalanche hit with full force. According to eyewitness accounts smashed the avalanche through the windows and smoke directly into the restaurant, where both chairs and tables were hurled over the edge.
The swiss media 20minuten have spoken with some of the frightened guests, that explains what happened when the avalanche hit.
We sat at the hotel’s restaurant, as the snow suddenly came through the room. It was fortunate that no one was sitting in the area by the window, but it was still uncomfortable. We are in shock, says a hotel guest to the medium 20minuten.
All the hotel’s guests have been asked to leave the hotel. Some of them are now on the way down in the valley with postbiler, carrying the frightened guests. On Friday morning, however, there is still 30 of the hotel’s guests and 11 staff members in Schwägalp. According to information from the 20minuten will other guests will soon be evacuated by postbus from the mountain town of.
During the avalanche was a postbil pushed against a power pole of the snemasserne. So far there are only minor injuries in the three injured, but the police fear that there may be others caught in the avalanche.
the Police will still continue the search, as long as the avalanche situation and weather conditions permit it, tells Anton Sonderegger from the local police:
– We can now proceed with clearing the snow, so we can perform our eftersøgningsarbejde, but we have, fortunately, not reports, that there should be no missed.
– A violent avalanche hits only once every hundred years, he says efterfølgnende.
the Entire city will be evacuated for fear of new avalanches in the area. The three persons who have sustained injuries during the accident, are all discharged from the local hospital.
