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

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

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

In an interview conducted by the newspaper La República, the spokesperson confirmed this eight people injuredbut made it clear that the numbers may vary.

The detached glacier is part of the Marmolada and is located in the mountain range of the Dolomites. The collapse took place 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 stretch there were several “senderists”.

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

The Italian media reported that at this moment 5 helicopters – via Veneto and Trentino – are flying over the area of ​​the collapse.

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

It was also reported that many of the people who were hiking were rescued, but the six people who lost their lives wept. In fact, many of the bodies would have been pulled out of the ice mass.

Among the hypotheses offered by some specialists, it is believed that the gap 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