kernan the barracks insaf elden is also home to a team of crack mountain troops experts in rescuing hikers and skiers lost in hostile terrain and residents of isolated communities cut off by the huge snow falls as a ship has said you know my time in the air force off never known a situation like this or anything on this scale it's been quite an experience. for thirty's say the avalanche danger in the alps remains extremely high with more heavy snow falls on the way. because it is and so its size of a disaster operation is not for problem the difficulty is that this year we've had nonstop snowfalls for eight days of us and operations of the continuing around the clock. our target is if. crossed southern germany and austria the emergency services are taking advantage of the window of better weather to clear the snow and reopen transport links. the arctic conditions or even head parts of north africa. snow and ice have blocked roads in northern algeria a region better known for its intense heat. three people all confirmed dead off a powerful gas explosion and fire ripped through a building in