At least 14 hikers still missing as death toll rises after glacier collapse in Italy
CBSN
Rescuers warned Monday that hope of finding survivors was diminishing after an avalanche set off by the collapse of an Italian glacier during a heat wave killed at least seven people.
Authorities said they did not know how many climbers were hit when the glacier gave way Sunday on Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Italian Dolomites. Its collapse caused ice and rock to thunder down the slope at 185 miles per hour, according to Trento province chief Maurizio Fugatti.
On Monday, rescuers armed with thermal drones searched for body heat from potential survivors trapped in ice. But chances of finding additional survivors now "are slim to nothing," because too much time has likely passed since the deadly avalanche occurred, said regional Alpine Rescue Service head Giorgio Gajer in comments to AGI news agency.
