A large search-and-rescue operation is underway in Beisfjord, Narvik after an avalanche on Tverrdalsfjellet. One person from a foreign group of three skiers is reported missing.

Norwegian police report that a snow avalanche occurred near Trollfjordvatnet in Vesterålen, with 13 people caught in the slide. A rescue helicopter evacuated an injured person, and police said they are continuing investigations.

This is Alaska’s first fatal avalanche reported this season. It is also the country’s deadliest since February 2023.

A snowmachiner was killed Monday afternoon in an avalanche on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska State Troopers reported late Monday night.