Two dead, three missing in avalanche

Two people died and three others were missing after a group of snowmobiles was caught in an avalanche on the Russian Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka today.

A duty officer with the regional Emergency Situations Ministry said about 10 snowmobiles were riding near a volcano about 35 miles south of the regional capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, when the avalanche hit around 10am (8am Irish time).