Several people have reportedly been swept away by an avalanche in Zermatt, Switzerland, on Monday amidst high avalanche risks in the southern Alps of Austria and Switzerland. Rescue services have launched a search, the police in the canton of Valais said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The avalanche happened shortly after 2 pm (1200 GMT) on Monday. The Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (WLF) had warned of a high avalanche risk in the morning. “Very large and occasionally extremely large spontaneous avalanches are to be expected,” the Swiss Institute for Snow …