An 18-year-old British man has died after an avalanche in Switzerland while on a ski tour, local police say.
Authorities are currently looking for a second person who was also caught up in the disaster on Tuesday morning in Meiringen, in the canton of Bern.
The age and sex of the missing persons is unknown.
The man who died in the avalanche was reportedly living in Bern and was found dead after the disaster.
Police received reports of a fatal avalanche at around 4.25pm on Tuesday evening, local Swiss media said.
The landslide occurred on the Gstelliwang ski slope on the Wellhorn mountain in the Bernese Alps.
A group of people had been mountain skiing together, local media reported. It is believed the two got away from the group and headed down the slope. An avalanche struck shortly after, burying both of them.
Emergency responders found the 18-year-old man dead.
Authorities stopped their search overnight but resumed at 7.30 this morning at first light.
The crew of Swiss Alpine Rescue Rega, Swiss Alpine Rescue, several Rega helicopters, Air-Glaciers and Swiss Helicopters, mountain specialists and other employees from the canton of Bern police and the Canton of Bern Care Team are currently looking for a second individual.
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