Alpine glacier chunk detaches, killing at least 6 hikers in Italy
A large chunk of an Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday and roared down a mountain in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak and killing at least six and injuring nine, authorities said, warning that the toll might climb.
The glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy and people ski there in the winter. But the glacier has been rapidly melting away in recent years. The fast-moving avalanche “came down with a roar the could be heard at great distance,” local online media site ildolomiti.it said.
Some of those making the trek in the area where the avalanche barreled through were tied together by rope, according to local emergency services. The Alpine rescue service said in a tweet that the segment broke off near Punta Rocca , “along the itinerary normally used to reach the peak.”
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