six dead and 10 missing due to a detachment in a glacier in the Alps

A natural catastrophe paralyzes a sector of Italia: at least six people died and several were injured this Sunday, after the detachment of part of a glacier in the Italian Alps. There is a strong search operation for 10 people who are missing and, according to a spokeswoman for the emergency services, there are risk of further landslides.

“Unfortunately, six people were found dead“, confirmed the Italian spokeswoman, Michela Canova.

In an interview conducted by the newspaper La República, the spokeswoman confirmed that there eight people injuredbut clarified that the numbers may vary.

Six dead and 10 missing caused an ice slide in the Italian Alps. Photo: The Republic

The glacier that broke off is part of the Marmolada mountain and is located in the Dolomites mountain range. The collapse was near Punta Rocca, on the ascent route of the normal route to reach the summit, as specified.

The collapse generated a flow of ice debris in a front of about three hundred meters and within that section there were several “senderistas”.

“All the mountain rescue teams in the area have been activated and the first injured have already been recovered,” confirmed Gianpaolo Bottacin, head of Civil Protection for the Veneto Region.

The Italian media reported that at this time, 5 helicopters – via Veneto and Trentino – fly over the area of ​​the collapse.

In addition, several canine units from the Trentino area traveled to the place where the natural disaster occurred in order to find several people who had not yet been rescued: in principle, there are 10 missing.

It was also reported that several of the people who were making excursions were rescued, but the six people who lost their lives mourned. In fact, several of the bodies would have been extracted from the mass of ice.

Among the hypotheses offered by some specialists, it is believed that the detachment is due to the temperature peaks that are occurring in that area of ​​Italy: This Saturday, the Marmolada temperature record was reached, with about 10 degrees at the top .

With information from AFP

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