1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche

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On 10 February 1970, an avalanche in Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France, killed 39 people.^[1]

At 8:05 am on 10 February 1970, an avalanche struck the ski resort of Val-d'Isère in the French Alps.^[1] More than 100,000 cubic yards of snow fell into a three-storey, eight-year-old concrete chalet which housed about 200 people.^[1] It killed 39 young skiers and injured another 37.^[1]