This past Tuesday, an avalanche which occurred in the French Alps killed seven people. This has been the deadliest snow slide to hit this mountain range this year.

The title of this article is “Avalanche Kills Seven In French Alps” and I found this article on the Discovery News website.

This article makes it known that a recent avalanche caused seven people to lose their lives and one person to be injured. It was also added that rescuers are continuing to search to make sure that there are no other victims. This tragic snow slide occurred around midday in the Snow Dome in the Alps, which is quite popular with climbers. The victims of the avalanche were foreigners and their nationalities are currently unknown. According to a local official, the toll of the number of deaths to occur has increased from five to seven people dead.

My reaction to this article was shocked that this tragedy occurred but I was also in awe that the forces of this earth is so powerful to be able to take so many lives. I feel that this situation should not be taken lightly, and situations like this are impossible to control due to them being natural disasters. Therefore, people should be more careful and aware of these kinds of things to avoid them because they are unpredictable.

This event affects the world by making it more known that tragedies like this do happen and we should try to take precaution as best we can to prevent the deaths of people as much as possible. This applies to any situation relevant to this, not just avalanches. To protect the lives of people all over, we must try to be more aware of future disasters likely to occur even though they cannot be predicted easily.

Link to Website: http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/avalanche-kills-seven-in-french-alps-150915.htm