Glacier collapses in Italian Alps, six dead: Rescuers ...Middle East

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CANAZEI: An avalanche set off by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured eight others Sunday, an emergency services spokeswoman said.The glacier collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Italian Dolomites, near the hamlet of Punta Rocca, on the route normally taken to reach its summit.The disaster struck one day after a record-high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded at the glacier’s summit.“An avalanche of snow, ice and rock hit an access path at a time when there were several roped parties, some of whom were swept away,“ emergency services spokeswoman Michela Canova told AFP.Six peopl

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