Czech tourist and Slovak guide die in avalanche

A Czech tourist and his Slovak guide died in an avalanche in the High Tatra Mountains over the weekend. The Slovak rescue service said it had found their bodies on Saturday evening, locating them by their mobiles. The men were only partly buried and are believed to have died as a result of injuries sustained when the avalanche hurled them down the slope. There is a third degree avalanche alert in force in the region and the Slovak rescue service has advised tourists to exercise extreme caution.