Official: 17 unaccounted for in Italian glacier avalanche

8 Victims in Italian Glacial Avalanche Found Alive

Rescue teams in the Italian Alps said Tuesday they found eight survivors who had been missing since a glacial avalanche killed at least seven people on Sunday. The avalanche happened on the Marmolada ridge, the highest peak in the Dolomites, standing more than 3,300 meters. "When we arrived, we saw a disaster. We realized the dimensions of this enormous avalanche," said Stefano Coter, head of the local alpine rescue team and one of the first peo…

Drone search resumes on Italian glacier after avalanche

Rescuers using drones resumed the search Tuesday for an estimated 13 hikers unaccounted-for following an avalanche in northern Italy that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers. After rain hampered the search Monday, sunny weather on Tuesday allowed helicopters to bring more rescue teams up to the site on the Marmolada glacier, east of Bolzano in the Dolomites mountain rang…

Drone search resumes on Italian glacier after avalanche

Rescuers using drones are resuming the search for an estimated 13 people unaccounted-for following an avalanche in northern Italy that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers

Search efforts resume after glacier collapse in Italian Alps

Mon, 2022-07-04 23:22 CANAZEI, Italy: Search and rescue operations resumed on Monday in the Italian Alps with 17 people missing, authorities said, after part of a mountain glacier collapsed, killing at least six people and injuring eight. The avalanche took place on the Marmolada, which at more than 3,300 meters is the highest peak in the Dolomites, a range in the eastern Italian Alps straddling the regions of Trento and Veneto. Rising averag…

Drones, Helicopters Scan Mountains for 14 Missing After Glacier Collapse in Italian Alps

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the disaster was linked to environmental factors

Hikers killed in Italian glacier avalanche

Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for, a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off (July 4).