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A French Gendarmerie rescue helicopter passes in front of the Aiguille du Midi as it takes off near Chamonix during search and rescue operations August 24, 2008. An avalanche hit climbers on Mont Blanc early August 24, injuring eight and leaving about ten others missing, according to the local rescue officials.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |
Rescue efforts to find eight climbers missing in an avalanche in the French Alps, in the country's southeast, have been suspended due to worsening conditions, local media said.
Search for the eight, five Austrians and three Swiss, was forced to be halted for fear of another avalanche around place where the accident occurred near western Europe's highest peak Mont Blanc, the reports said.
Eight other climbers, four Frenchmen and four Italians, have been saved or escaped the calamity with injuries, according to the reports.
