An avalanche hit a group of five skiers in Italy's northern Piedmont region on Sunday, killing three of them, according to rescuers on the mountain. The avalanche hit at about midday on the eastern face of Punta Valgrande, a summit on the border between Italy and Switzerlan d. Two survived and were transported to hospital by helicopter, while three others were dragged downhill for several hundred metres, suffering fatal injuries. An alert had been issued in the area above 6,900ft (2,100 metres),

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