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World Service,04 Oct 2004,22 mins

Weathering the Storm - snow and avalanches

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An avalanche is defined as a large mass of snow, which plunges down a mountainside. The fourth in a series on the world's most extreme weather. This programme explores what happens when there is an avalanche and examines how the people in the Swiss Alps, one of the wettest and coldest areas of Switzerland, predict and prepare for avalanches.

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