Snow in Switzerland is nothing new – but when a metre of new snow falls in less than 12 hours, things get difficult.<br /><br />The San Bernardino Pass and several railway lines were closed. <br /><br />The Simplon tunnel joining Switzerland and Italy re-opened on Thursday after a 12-hour shutdown.<br /><br />In the Italian Alps a young French skier was killed in an avalanche near Bardonecchia.
