Swiss Alps

The remains of a climber discovered in the Swiss Alps last year have been identified as a British mountaineer who went missing 52 years ago, local police said on Aug. 31.

It is the latest in a series of discoveries of remains of long-missing climbers revealed as the Alp's glaciers melt and recede because of global warming.

A fifth person has died after a group of 14 skiers were caught up in a storm, police said Tuesday, after the bodies of two climbers were also found elsewhere in the Swiss Alps.

Four tourists have died in the Swiss Alps and five others are in a bad state after being forced to spend the night out in the Pin d'Arola area because of bad weather, police of Canton Vale said.
 
The rescuers found a total of 14 people, some of whom had hypothermia, and one was dead, apparently as a result of a fall.