Mount Elbrus avalanche: Russian ski resort struck by enormous fall
An enormous avalanche has struck at a ski resort on Europe’s tallest mountain, with horror vision showing people swallowed by the icy fall.
Mount Elbrus, Europe’s tallest mountain, experienced an avalanche on Thursday which forced people standing in a carpark to run for their lives.
Horrifying footage was captured of the fall, showing the powder could from the avalanche catapulting down the mountain as people ran for their lives.
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The video was captured from the Elbrus Resort in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.
No deaths have been reported.
Authorities had closed sections of the mountain and shut down the cable car service on January 10 due to fears of an avalanche amid dangerous weather conditions.
