Italian Alps glacier collapse: Among the missing are Romanian citizens

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Posted by: Cornelia Stefoglu

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04 July 2022 / 09:12

Italian Alps glacier collapse: Among the missing are Romanian citizens

UPDATE: 09:12 Among the missing are Romanian citizens. The huge block of ice has broken due to the high temperatures of the last period. Six people have died, nine are injured and 16 are missing in Italy after a glacier in the Alps collapsed. The provisional death toll was announced by ANSA, citing Gianpaolo Bottacin, Veneto's regional civil protection adviser.

Fifteen climbers could still be missing, say authorities, after fall of ice, snow and rock on popular trail on Marmolada mountain in Dolomites, The Guardian reports.

The search for survivors of a glacier collapse in which at least six people have died has resumed in Italy’s Dolomites region.

Authorities believe as many as 15 people may still be missing after a large chunk of alpine glacier broke loose on Sunday afternoon and sent ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the Marmolada peak. Nine people were injured in the slide.

Emergency services spokeswoman Michela Canova told AFP the total number of climbers affected was unknown because the glacier fall hit an access path at a time when there were several roped parties there, some of whom were swept away.

She did not specify the nationalities of the victims, but Italian media reported that foreign nationals were among them.

In late evening, the National Alpine and Cave Rescue Corps tweeted a phone number to call for family or friends in case of “failure to return from possible excursions” to the glacier.

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