Avalanche in western Canada kills two

By : AFP

Date: 31 May 2021 8:43am WAT

File Photo: An artificially triggered avalanche thunders down a mountain side at the Vallee de la Sionne in Anzere near Sion, Switzerland, February 3, 2015. The full-scale avalanche dynamics test site is providing scientists and engineers of the Swiss Institute of Research of Snow and Avalanches with essential data to understand and model avalanche motion. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

File Photo: avalanche thunders down a mountainside. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Two people died in an avalanche Sunday in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta province, police said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it had been advised by Parks Canada of an avalanche and confirmed that the remains of two people had been found near the town of Jasper.

The victims were not immediately identified.

The avalanche took place on Mount Andromeda in the Columbia Icefield, a popular climbing destination, according to Steve Young, a Jasper National Park officer quoted by Radio Canada.