Alpine glacier chunk detaches, killing at least 6 hikers in Italy – Agassiz Harrison Observer
The area has been identified by U.N. experts as a ‘climate change hot spot’
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The area has been identified by U.N. experts as a ‘climate change hot spot’
An avalanche struck one day after temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius were recorded at the glacier's summit.
Rescuers were to resume the search for survivors on Monday after an avalanche set off by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured eight others
Thunderstorms hampered 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, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks down the slope.
Fifteen climbers could still be missing, say authorities, after fall of ice, snow and rock on popular trail on Marmolada mountain in Dolomites