The death toll from Austria’s avalanches grew to 37 yesterday when rescue workers found four more bodies at two buried ski resorts.
A little girl remains missing and is presumed dead from the massive snowslide that roared through the Alpine towns of Galtuer and Valzur Wednesday.
Roads remained impassable yesterday, so about 40 U.S., Austrian, German and Swiss helicopters continued an international air bridge that ferried stranded vacationers to safety.
So far, 3,600 people have been flown out of the area.
The dead, ranging from 5 to 85, all came from Austria, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, authorities said.
But rescue workers had some successes to report yesterday.
A 4-year-old boy pulled from the snow Thursday was reported well on the way to recovery.
Also, a dog survived being buried more than 24 hours.
“Jack,” an Alsatian-Labrador mongrel, crawled out of a snowbank that had killed seven people, including his owners.
Avalanches have now killed more than 70 people in Europe in what has been one of the snowiest winters in 50 years.
Officials said the threat of further avalanches remained high.
Three American snowboarders – who defied warnings – were trapped briefly yesterday when another snowslide struck the Oetz valley east of Galtuer.
They were freed unharmed by emergency workers.