<p>A fifth person has been found dead and one is still missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France, the local prosecutor's office said Monday.</p>.<p>One of the country's deadliest avalanches in years swept down the Armancette glacier on Sunday in the Alps, killing two mountain guides and engulfing around 15 people.</p>.<p>After the discovery of four victims on Sunday, prosecutor Karline Bouisset said the body of a 39-year-old woman had been found and "a sixth person is still missing."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/no-tourist-left-under-snow-in-sikkim-avalanche-site-search-called-off-1207050.html" target="_blank">No tourist left under snow in Sikkim avalanche site, search called off</a></strong><br /><br />One person suffered slight injuries in the avalanche while eight others also swept up were unharmed, the prefecture said.</p>.<p>The avalanche covered an area of 1,600 metres (nearly one mile) by 500 metres.</p>.<p>Skiing conditions had been "good" on Easter Sunday, the mayor of the town of Contamines-Montjoie, Francois Barbier, told <em>AFP.</em></p>.<p>"I think it's the most deadly avalanche this season."</p>.<p>No avalanche warning had been issued for the region by weather authority Meteo France, but a combination of warmth and wind may have been behind the disaster, according to the prefecture.</p>.<p>"We're thinking of (the victims) as well as of their families," President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>Two brothers died in an avalanche on the same glacier in 2014, both were experienced climbers in their 20s.</p>
<p>A fifth person has been found dead and one is still missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France, the local prosecutor's office said Monday.</p>.<p>One of the country's deadliest avalanches in years swept down the Armancette glacier on Sunday in the Alps, killing two mountain guides and engulfing around 15 people.</p>.<p>After the discovery of four victims on Sunday, prosecutor Karline Bouisset said the body of a 39-year-old woman had been found and "a sixth person is still missing."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/no-tourist-left-under-snow-in-sikkim-avalanche-site-search-called-off-1207050.html" target="_blank">No tourist left under snow in Sikkim avalanche site, search called off</a></strong><br /><br />One person suffered slight injuries in the avalanche while eight others also swept up were unharmed, the prefecture said.</p>.<p>The avalanche covered an area of 1,600 metres (nearly one mile) by 500 metres.</p>.<p>Skiing conditions had been "good" on Easter Sunday, the mayor of the town of Contamines-Montjoie, Francois Barbier, told <em>AFP.</em></p>.<p>"I think it's the most deadly avalanche this season."</p>.<p>No avalanche warning had been issued for the region by weather authority Meteo France, but a combination of warmth and wind may have been behind the disaster, according to the prefecture.</p>.<p>"We're thinking of (the victims) as well as of their families," President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>Two brothers died in an avalanche on the same glacier in 2014, both were experienced climbers in their 20s.</p>