Read more about the article CHILLING END: Dad Of Two Dead After Avalanche On Swiss Mountain Buried Him Alive
Image shows the area around the mountainous village of San Bernardino, canton of Grisons, in Switzerland, where the incident happened, undated photo. A 56-eyar-old man died in the hospital after being buried by an avalanche on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. (Kantonspolizei Graubuenden/Newsflash)

CHILLING END: Dad Of Two Dead After Avalanche On Swiss Mountain Buried Him Alive

A father has died in hospital after he and his son were swept away by an avalanche on a Swiss mountain. Image shows the area around the mountainous village of San Bernardino, canton of Grisons, in Switzerland, where the incident happened, undated photo. A 56-eyar-old man died in the hospital…

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Read more about the article SNOW WAY OUT: Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue
Rescue teams work to help a 20-year-old Uzbek student trapped on the peak by a snow storm, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. The man had found the peak during internet research for the most beautiful vantage point for photos, and went up before 20 centimetres of snow fell. (BRK/Newsflash)

SNOW WAY OUT: Selfie-Hunting Hiker Faces Massive Bill For Mountain Rescue

A student stranded 5,000ft up an Alpine mountain peak as he searched for the perfect spot for a photo is facing a rescue bill of thousands of pounds. Rescue teams work to help a 20-year-old Uzbek student trapped on the peak by a snow storm, in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, on…

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Read more about the article SOLO DEATH: Young Mountain Climber Killed After 100-Metre Fall From Side Of Ice-Covered Alpine Peak
Jonas Hainz poses in an undated photo. Hainz, a Tyrolean climber, has died after suffering a fall of more than a hundred metres on Monte Magro, South Tyrol, Italy. (@jonas.hainz.14/Newsflash)

SOLO DEATH: Young Mountain Climber Killed After 100-Metre Fall From Side Of Ice-Covered Alpine Peak

A well-known solo mountaineer who specialised in free climbing without ropes or safety devices has died after he fell 100 metres to his death from the side of an icy peak. Jonas Hainz poses in an undated photo. Hainz, a Tyrolean climber, has died after suffering a fall of more…

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Read more about the article ROME BURNS: Wildfire Burns And Destroys Mountain Forest Near Rome
Italian firefighters use a Canadair aircraft in a fire-extinguishing intervention that lasted for more than 20 hours as a raging wildfire burned through an Italian forest. The Monte degli Elci fire that has been burning since the afternoon of Oct. 18, 2022 near Rome, Italy. (Vigili del Fuoco/Newsflash)

ROME BURNS: Wildfire Burns And Destroys Mountain Forest Near Rome

This is the moment Italian firefighters use a Canadair aircraft in a fire-extinguishing intervention that lasted for more than 20 hours as a raging wildfire burned through an Italian forest. Newsflash obtained the footage from the Vigili del Fuoco, along with a statement that said the plane was dumping the…

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Read more about the article ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: Miracle Survival Of Brit In 6,000ft Paraglide Plunge Onto Rocks
Photo shows the moment when British tourist Angus George Beaton, 27, was taken on a stretcher in Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey, undated photo. Beaton was reported to have several fractures after falling on rocks while paragliding. (Newsflash)

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: Miracle Survival Of Brit In 6,000ft Paraglide Plunge Onto Rocks

A British tourist has miraculously survived a terrifying 6,000-foot paragliding plunge from a mountain onto rocks, reported Turkish media. Holidaymaker Angus George Beaton, 27, had taken off from the 1,800-metre- (5,905-foot-) high runway on Babadag Mountain in the popular tourist resort of Oludeniz in Fethiye District, Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.…

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