Rome : A huge block of ice has collapsed from the Marmolada mountain in Italy, leaving at least five dead and 10 wounded, local media reported.All the mountain rescue stations in the area have been activated and the injured have been hospitalised in several hospitals, the national Rai TV reported on Sunday, citing the Alpine Rescue, Xinhua news agency reported.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>The collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps has killed at least six people and injured eight others.<br><br>The glacier collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Italian Dolomites<a href=”https://t.co/7z29ryxErM”>https://t.co/7z29ryxErM</a> <a href=”https://t.co/AHnrBR4HD5″>pic.twitter.com/AHnrBR4HD5</a></p>— AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=”https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1543766381904404480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>July 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
The detachment would have occurred along the normal ascent route to the summit, Rai said.
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