Hope was fading fast last night for eight mountaineers missing near Mont Blanc after a powerful avalanche caused one of the deadliest accidents to hit the French Alps in decades.
More than 15 hours after a large chunk of ice broke off from the mountain and prompted the pre-dawn avalanche, five Aust...
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