Skiers swing wildly on lift during storm at Austria resort
Resort staff try to go to the aid of the skiers as their lift pitches violently during a snow storm in Austria.
Friday 5 January 2018 10:37, UK
Video has captured the moment terrified skiers were thrown violently from side to side in a chairlift as Storm Eleanor hit parts of Europe.
In the footage, taken at the Silvretta Montafon ski resort in Austria, people are trapped inside the chairlifts as gusts of winds rock them.
Resort staff attempt to climb up to try and help the skiers, but are forced to cling on for support as the snow storm buffets them.
Four people have been confirmed dead in France as winter storms continue to hit northern Europe.
:: Deadly storm Eleanor brings chaos to Europe
A 50-year-old farmer was found dead on Thursday under a snow slide in the Savoie region of the French Alps.
The body of a 93-year-old woman was found in southeast France after her house was flooded when a river burst its banks.
A firefighter who had saved a family of three stranded on top of their car in a river in eastern France was swept away by the floodwaters.
A skier was also killed on Wednesday by a falling tree at the Morillon resort in the French alps.
Officials in northern Italy have warned of the dangers of avalanches following days of heavy snow.
A woman and her daughter were killed in an avalanche earlier this week while skiing off-piste in Val Venosta, northwest of Bolzano.