Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis, France, April 17, 2025 (AFP) - Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps

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More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos. Some ski resorts were cut off Thursday and roads, trains and schools were closed and cancelled in Switzerland, Italy and France. A 92-year-old man was found dead by firefighters in his flooded home in the Italian Piedmont region, the fire brigade and media said. In the French resort of Val Thorens, a woma......

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