Glacier break in the Dolomites: Six dead, many injured

A piece of a glacier breaks off in the Dolomites, taking several mountaineers with it on the way down to the valley. At least six people are killed. The accident is likely to be related to the drought and heat in the country.

A fatal accident occurs on the Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Dolomites.

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(dpa)/pop./cov. With brutal thunder, masses of ice, snow and rocks fall from a glacier in northern Italy into the valley. They drag mountaineers with them, some to their deaths. At least six people died in the massive glacier fall on the Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Dolomites, on Sunday, as a spokeswoman for the Veneto region’s rescue control center confirmed on request.