A huge boulder broke off Sunday from the Marmolada glacier in the northern Italian Alps, killing at least five people and injuring eight, emergency services said.
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A huge block broke off on Sunday July 3 from the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Alps, killing at least six people and injuring eight, according to the latest report from Venice Civil Protection. at Rai.
Two wounded were taken to hospital in Belluno, a more serious one in Treviso, and five in Trento, said a spokeswoman for relief, without giving details of the nationality of the victims. Several helicopters were deployed on the spot to take part in the rescue operations and to monitor the situation.
Operazioni in corso per grossa valanga in #Marmolada. He president of the Autonomous Province of Trento @MaurizioFugatti sta raggiungendo Canazei dove è stato allestito un punto operative.
The newshttps://t.co/aoCqF7024n@dpcpat1 pic.twitter.com/YLR3HLxEno— Provincia Trento (@ProvinciaTrento) July 3, 2022
“An avalanche of snow, ice and rock which in its path hit the access road when several ropes were there, some of which were swept away”she explained. “The definitive number of mountaineers involved is not yet known”.