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Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the province of Trento on Tuesday reduced the number of people unaccounted-for to five.

Rescuers are finding body parts and equipment as they search for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche in the Italian Dolomites

A huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks down the slope, killing at least 7 people in Italy.

An avalanche on the Marmolada glacier in northern Italy on has killed at least seven hikers and an estimated five remain unaccounted for as of Tuesday, officials said.

CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — 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.

These destructive avalanches will become more frequent as global temperatures rise.

Rescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers.

Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the province of Trento on Tuesday reduced the number of people unaccounted-for to five.

Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the province of Trento on Tuesday reduced the number of people unaccounted-for to five.

Rescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers. Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still&#x20...