At least three people have died and three more seriously injured after an avalanche in the French Alps. Here is the latest:

School group from Saint-Exup éry High School, Lyon, hit by avalance in Les Deux Alpes

hit by avalance in Les Deux Alpes Three dead - two schoolchildren, one Ukrainian skier

One in critical condition, one seriously injured

Unknown number of skiers may have been buried

Police say group should not have been on 'closed slope'

The group was skiing in Les Deux Alpes resort when the disaster occured at 4pm local time (3pm).

Five people were still missing two hours later, police told iTele.

Local media said the black slope had been closed to skiers at the time of Wednesday's avalanche.