Glacier collapses in Italian Alps, killing a minimum of six

At least six folks have been killed on Sunday when elements of a mountain glacier collapsed within the Italian Alps.

A handout photograph from Alpine rescue companies reveals the place an ice glacier collapsed on Marmolada mountain (Photo: Reuters)

Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed within the Italian Alps on Sunday amid report temperatures, native authorities mentioned, killing a minimum of six folks and injuring eight.

The Trento provincial authorities mentioned rescue operations have been in progress after a big “ice avalanche” involving hikers, including that there was more likely to be a “heavy toll”.

The avalanche came about on the Marmolada, which at greater than 3,300 metres is the best mountain within the Dolomites, a spread within the japanese Italian Alps straddling the areas of Trento and Veneto.

Injured folks have been taken to hospitals within the close by cities of Belluno, Treviso, Trento and Bolzano, mentioned the president of Veneto, Luca Zaia.

The enormous mass of ice collapsed near Punta Rocca, on the route normally utilized by hikers and climbers to succeed in the summit, the Alpine rescue unit mentioned.

“Fortunately the weather conditions are good but the danger is that there could be further collapses,” a spokesperson mentioned.

An early summer time heatwave in Italy noticed temperatures on the Marmolada contact 10 levels Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) on Saturday, Zaia mentioned.

Rising common temperatures have brought about the Marmolada glacier, like many others around the globe, to shrink steadily over current many years.