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\n\tVIENNA: Two people were killed in avalanches in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, bringing to seven the number of people killed in the country since Friday after heavy snowfall.
\n\tA 21-year-old Slovak was skiing off-piste \u201cwithout avalanche safety equipment\u201d when a \u201cslab of snow broke off above him,\u201d and killed him instantly, police in Styria province said.
\n\tElsewhere in the Tyrol region, a 41-year-old Austrian was \u201cswept away by the avalanche and completely buried,\u201d regional police said on their website. The man later died in hospital after being rescued.
\n\tExperts had urged skiers to avoid off-piste slopes after five people \u2014 four in Tyrol and one in Vorarlberg \u2014 were killed Friday in avalanches triggered by a major snowstorm.
\n\tTwenty-four people have been killed this winter season in avalanches in Austria, a country popular for winter sports, according to an updated toll released Saturday.
\n\tUp to 40 centimeters (16 inches) of snow fell on the Alpine nation since Thursday, causing power outages and transport chaos.
\n\tA man was also crushed to death Friday by a snow plow that fell down a flight of stairs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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