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8 children feared dead in Japan avalanche

Jane Onyanga-Omara
USA TODAY
Firefighters carry a survivor they rescued from the site of an avalanche in Nasu town, Tochigi prefecture on March 27, 2017.

Eight high school students were feared dead Monday following an avalanche at a ski resort in Japan, local media reported.

Thirty people were injured in the incident, which happened at about 9.20 a.m. local time at the Nasuonsen Family Ski Resort in the town of Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 75 miles north of Tokyo.

The eight boys feared dead appeared to show no vital signs, Kyodo news agency reported.

Ski season at the resort had ended.

More than 60 students from seven high schools were thought to have been taking a climbing lesson on a slope when the avalanche occurred, Kyodo reported.