A British woman is among five dead after a team of hikers got lost during a blizzard in southern Chile.

The Cornwall-based PR, known only as Victoria, was trekking with a group across the Torres del Paine National Park in the Magallanes Region, when they were caught in extreme weather.

Victoria, who is believed to be 30, had posted a video taken by another British member of their group of their progress before the tragedy.

They sent out a desperate SOS message on Facebook requesting help after they became snowed in with five hikers missing.

It showed footage of her and the other trekkers crossing raging rivers under drizzle and grey skies.

The British tourist, who posts on Instagram as thegingerbreadfox and referenced Victoria in his post with the initials VB,: wrote: ‘Day 1 of the Pa

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