Rome: a large part of alpine The glacier broke and slid down a hill in Italy on Sunday afternoon, causing snow, ice and rock to fall into pedestrians on a popular route, killing at least six and injuring eight, officials said.
It could not be immediately determined how many passengers were in the area or whether anyone was missing, said Walter MilanA spokesman for the National Alpine Rescue Corps who provided the number of deaths and wounded.
Milan said by telephone that rescuers were checking license plates in the parking lot to determine how many people could be unaccounted for, a process that could take hours.
The nationality or age of the dead were not immediately available, Milan said. Emergency dispatch services said two of the eight hospitalized people were in critical condition.
before this, National Alpine and Cave Rescue Team It tweeted that at least five helicopters and rescue dogs were involved in the search of the relevant area of Marmolada Peak.
sum dispatch service, which is located nearby veneto The area, said 18 people who were above the area where the snow hit, would be evacuated by alpine rescue teams.
But Milan said some people on the slopes may be able to descend on their own, including using the cable car to the peak.
SUEM said the avalanche involved “fall of snow, ice and rock”. The separated section is known as a serac, or summit of ice.
Marmolada, at about 3,300 meters (about 11,000 ft) high, is the highest peak in the Eastern Dolomites, offering spectacular views of other alpine peaks.
The Alpine Rescue Service said in a tweet that the section broke off near Punta Rocca (Rock Point), “with the itinerary normally used to reach the peak.”
It was not immediately clear what caused some of the ice to break off and move down the slope of the peak. But a severe heat wave in Italy from late June could be a factor.
“These days’ temperatures clearly had an effect” on the glacier’s partial collapse. Maurizio FugattiThe president of the province of Trento, which borders Marmolada, told Sky TG24 news.
But Milan insisted that the high heat, which rose unusually above 10 C (50 F) on Marmolada’s peak in recent days, was only a possible factor in Sunday’s tragedy.
“There are a number of factors that may be involved,” Milne said. Avalanches in general cannot be predicted, he said, and the effect of heat on glaciers is “even more impossible to predict.”
In separate comments to Italian state television, Milan called the recent temperatures “extremely hot” for the extreme. “Obviously this is something unusual.”
According to rescue services, the injured were taken to several hospitals in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto.
It could not be immediately determined how many passengers were in the area or whether anyone was missing, said Walter MilanA spokesman for the National Alpine Rescue Corps who provided the number of deaths and wounded.
Milan said by telephone that rescuers were checking license plates in the parking lot to determine how many people could be unaccounted for, a process that could take hours.
The nationality or age of the dead were not immediately available, Milan said. Emergency dispatch services said two of the eight hospitalized people were in critical condition.
before this, National Alpine and Cave Rescue Team It tweeted that at least five helicopters and rescue dogs were involved in the search of the relevant area of Marmolada Peak.
sum dispatch service, which is located nearby veneto The area, said 18 people who were above the area where the snow hit, would be evacuated by alpine rescue teams.
But Milan said some people on the slopes may be able to descend on their own, including using the cable car to the peak.
SUEM said the avalanche involved “fall of snow, ice and rock”. The separated section is known as a serac, or summit of ice.
Marmolada, at about 3,300 meters (about 11,000 ft) high, is the highest peak in the Eastern Dolomites, offering spectacular views of other alpine peaks.
The Alpine Rescue Service said in a tweet that the section broke off near Punta Rocca (Rock Point), “with the itinerary normally used to reach the peak.”
It was not immediately clear what caused some of the ice to break off and move down the slope of the peak. But a severe heat wave in Italy from late June could be a factor.
“These days’ temperatures clearly had an effect” on the glacier’s partial collapse. Maurizio FugattiThe president of the province of Trento, which borders Marmolada, told Sky TG24 news.
But Milan insisted that the high heat, which rose unusually above 10 C (50 F) on Marmolada’s peak in recent days, was only a possible factor in Sunday’s tragedy.
“There are a number of factors that may be involved,” Milne said. Avalanches in general cannot be predicted, he said, and the effect of heat on glaciers is “even more impossible to predict.”
In separate comments to Italian state television, Milan called the recent temperatures “extremely hot” for the extreme. “Obviously this is something unusual.”
According to rescue services, the injured were taken to several hospitals in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto.