The dead remain seven, three have yet to be identified, and the injured eight. In addition, one of them was released from the hospital where he was admitted today.
The number of missing na collapse of the Italian Marmolada glacierin the Alps, has been reduced to five, after locating eight people believed to be on the scene, according to the latest data released by emergency services today.
The dead remain seven, three have yet to be identified, and the injured eight. In addition, one of them was released from the hospital where he was admitted today.
The tragedy happened The last Sunday when part of the Marmolada Glacier, 200 meters long, 60 wide and 30 thick, broke off the mountain in the dolomites crushing everything in its path.
The emergency teams are still looking for five people who were reportedly in the place and have not been heard from since that day, although hopes of finding them alive if they are under the glacier are practically nil. The five who disappeared are all of Italian nationality.
All access points to the mountain are closed for security reasons and the search for the missing persons is carried out by plane with dronesbecause it is feared that the high temperatures will trigger another glacier collapse.
The detachment is an “unpredictable event”, but climate change will inevitably make it more frequent, explains the glaciology expert and director of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Carlo Barbante
“These are events that have always occurred in glaciers, but have recently been accelerated by global warming. Glaciers are melting this way, not drop by drop, and these episodes will always be more frequent at these high temperatures,” warns. .
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Source: EITB
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