An avalanche fell on a street in an Alpine town in Austria, close to many ski resorts, covering the roadway in 3-4 meters of snow, but no one was hurt, Austrian police said Tuesday.The avalanche happened at 10:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. ET) in the town of Imst, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Innsbruck, said a spokesman for the Austrian Federal Police in Innsbruck, who declined to be named.
The snow fell on a 100-meter-long stretch of road, the spokesman said, adding that search teams found no one buried underneath.
Imst is in the western Austrian province of Tirol, popular with skiiers in winter months.
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