Two secondary school students and a Ukrainian skier have died after an avalanche in the French Alps.
A team of 60 rescuers is searching for 20 other people who are still missing after it happened in the Deux Alpes area this afternoon.
A number of others are still missing.
The injured members of the party have been taken to a hospital in Grenoble.
It's understood the secondary school students were from Lyon.
Conditions for skiing and hiking have been difficult recently because of heavy snowfall for several days.
Avalanche expert Stuart Macdonald is in Chamonix - another ski resort in the region:
