https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 40-year-old skier died after apparently setting off an avalanche while skiing down a mountain in the Pyrenees, southern France, sources told AFP on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260405/skier-dies-in-avalanche-in-french-pyrenees Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:05:37 +0200 skier-dies-in-avalanche-in-french-pyrenees French police are holding for questioning the manager of an activity park in the south of France after a group of 150 young Israeli tourists were refused entry to the facility. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250823/manager-held-after-young-israelis-refused-entry-to-french-leisure-park Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:53:08 +0200 manager-held-after-young-israelis-refused-entry-to-french-leisure-park The partner of a British hiker who went missing in the French Pyrenees last November has found her body, her family said on Tuesday, adding that an accident was "the most likely hypothesis". https://www.thelocal.fr/20210810/partner-finds-body-of-missing-british-hiker-close-to-border-between-france-and-spain Tue, 10 Aug 2021 19:48:14 +0200 partner-finds-body-of-missing-british-hiker-close-to-border-between-france-and-spain A 26-year-old Spanish hiker suffered a fatal fall while hiking on the French side of the Pyrenees mountains, rescue workers said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180806/spanish-hiker-falls-to-death-in-french-pyrenees Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:54:33 +0200 spanish-hiker-falls-to-death-in-french-pyrenees A French hiker who fell into a crevice in the Pyrenees mountains and spent five nights trapped inside was found alive and relatively unscathed on Wednesday, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160525/french-hiker-found-alive-after-five-nights-in-pyrenees-hole Wed, 25 May 2016 19:53:53 +0200 french-hiker-found-alive-after-five-nights-in-pyrenees-hole UPDATED: France has issued a severe weather warning for motorists in southwestern France with more heavy snow forecast. Check out some of the best pictures of the "snowpocalypse". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150202/in-pictures-snow-pyrenees-france-skiing Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:31:00 +0100 in-pictures-snow-pyrenees-france-skiing Two hikers were swept away and killed by an avalanche Saturday in the French Pyrenees and another was injured, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140329/two-dead-in-french-pyrenees-avalanche Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:55:00 +0100 two-dead-in-french-pyrenees-avalanche A woman, seven months pregnant was killed in a seemingly freak incident in southwestern France on Friday when a boulder, weighing hundreds of kilos, fell from the mountainside above onto her car. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140103/pregnant-woman-crushed-to-death-by-falling-boulder Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:29:00 +0100 pregnant-woman-crushed-to-death-by-falling-boulder Four departments in the south west of France were hit with a flood warning on Tuesday, amid heavy rain in the region surrounding the Pyrénées mountains. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131105/orange-flood-alert-in-southwestern-france Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:36:00 +0100 orange-flood-alert-in-southwestern-france Five departments in the south west of France remained on flood alert on Friday after heavy rain hit the region over night. The department of Tarn was added to the list of four other departments which have been on 'Orange alert' since Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130531/heavy-rain-puts-south-west-france-on-flood-alert Fri, 31 May 2013 10:30:00 +0200 heavy-rain-puts-south-west-france-on-flood-alert Struggling to know what to do this weekend? Well, summer is officially here so why not head to the ski slopes of the French Pyrénées? Yes, believe it or not a French ski station is reopening its doors to make the most of the unseasonal snow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130529/as-summer-arrives-french-ski-station-opens-slopes Wed, 29 May 2013 15:22:00 +0200 as-summer-arrives-french-ski-station-opens-slopes Seven departments of south-west France were placed on alert on Monday after wintery weather made driving conditions hazardous. Later on Monday the Paris and the surrounding region were also placed on alert for snow and ice. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130225/snow-and-ice-puts-south-west-france-on-alert Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:29:00 +0100 snow-and-ice-puts-south-west-france-on-alert A ski station in the French Pyrénées has had to temporarily shut down because there has been too much snow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130208/too-much-snow-causes-closure-of-french-ski-resort Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:34:00 +0100 too-much-snow-causes-closure-of-french-ski-resort Parts of the French Pyrenees were put on ‘red alert’ for the first time on Wednesday due to the severe risk of avalanches burying roads and villages in the area. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130116/pyrenees-on-red-alert-after-avalanche-warning Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:42:00 +0100 pyrenees-on-red-alert-after-avalanche-warning A woman has confessed to setting fire to her villa in Pau, a town in the Pyrenees region, following a blaze this week that killed her children, aged six years and five months. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121130/mother-admits-to-killing-kids-in-fire Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:49:00 +0100 mother-admits-to-killing-kids-in-fire The ski season in the French Pyrenees gets underway Saturday with mountain resorts taking advantage of heavy early winter snowfalls to get their lifts operating. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121130/early-snow-more-ski-resorts-to-open Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:43:00 +0100 early-snow-more-ski-resorts-to-open