An avalanche has hit a ski slope in the popular French Alps resort of Tignes, but the resort has said nobody was hurt.
Police and first aid workers earlier said the avalanche had engulfed "many" skiers.
However, the resort later said: "Several skiers were affected who were cared for by resort staff.
"Rescue workers were immediately deployed. After search operations, no victims were found."
An AFP journalist at the scene said rescue workers and sniffer dogs were deployed.
A police spokesman told AFP: "According to witnesses there are many people under the avalanche."
Local newspaper Le Dauphine said several people were buried by the avalanche, which hit a busy ski slope.
The vast Tignes ski area was entirely closed and skiers were evacuated by resort staff and police.
Rescue conditions were difficult because of fog which made it impossible for emergency workers from outside the resort to get there by helicopter.
They had to come by road instead.
The avalanche hit at about 9am Irish time.
The avalanche risk was high, rated at four on a scale of five. At level five, all slopes are closed.
An avalanche killed four people who were exploring an off-piste section in the same area on 13 February.
