20 people still missing after Avalanche in France

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Three people have been killed, including two pupils, after an avalanche struck a ski resort in the French Alps, leaving three seriously injured and up to 20 others missing.

The avalanche hit skiers, including a group of 10 students and their teacher, in Les Deux Alpes in eastern France at 4pm today on a closed black run called Bellecombe, despite advice to stay away.

Four of the students were found in cardiac arrest but their teacher was conscious, the regional Dauphine Libere newspaper reported.