The assessment is still provisional, according to the emergency services. At least eight other people have also been injured.
Le Monde with AFP
A huge block detached from the Marmolada glacier in the Alps in northern Italy, Sunday July 3, killing at least five people and eight injured, announced the emergency services.
A rescue spokesperson, Michela Canova, spoke to the France-Presse agency a “still provisional assessment”.
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Two injured were transported to Belluno hospital, a more serious in Treviso, and five to thirty, she said, without giving details on the nationality of the victims. Several helicopters have been deployed on site to participate in rescue and monitoring of the situation.
“An avalanche of snow, ice and rock which, in its path, touched the access route when there were several ropes, some of which were carried, she explained. The final number of mountaineers involved is not yet known. “
The Marmolada glacier is the largest glacier in the Dolomites. It gives birth to the River Avisio and overlooks Lake Fedaia.