Watch: Skier tells BBC of 'panic' as avalanche hit Italian slopes

A skier filmed the moment an avalanche struck a mountain valley in northern Italy on Tuesday.

The footage, filmed by Siobhan Halford, shows a group of people, including children, in a queue, covered in snow after being hit by the aftermath of an avalanche in Courmayeur.

Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Halford, who is from Billericay, Essex, described how the moment unfolded.

"We couldn't see, it was hard to breathe. There was a lot of panic," she said.