Four Dying of Snow Ortecs in Norway

Four people died from avalanches in the far north of Norway, police reported.

Two people lost their lives when an avalanche fell into a house and a barn with 140 goats on the island of Reinoea.

Two tourists have lost their lives in two more avalanches and are allegedly foreign citizens whose nationality is still unknown, the BBC writes.

Five members of a group of foreign tourists were caught in an avalanche near Cavringtinden, a peak in the country's far north, and one of them died “, Morten Petersen told reporters in Troms.

Two were injured, one in critical condition and one with the average “”, the spokesman added.

Later in the day, police said a fourth person had died in another avalanche near Storslet in the Nordrej area.