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Associated Press
Paolo Santalucia And Nicole Winfield
Canazei, Italy (AP) —Tuesday, rescue teams using drones follow an avalanche in the north. The search for an estimated 13 hikers has resumed. Italy has been blamed mainly for the rise in temperatures where glaciers are melting, with at least seven deaths.
After rain hindered Monday's search, Tuesday's fine weather allowed helicopters to bring more rescue teams to the site of the Marmolada Glacier, east of Bolzano in the Dolomites. ..
A huge mass of glaciers cleaved on Sunday, causing an avalanche and sending a torrent of ice, rocks and debris down the hillside to unprotected hikers. At least seven people have died and an estimated 13 have yet to be explained, officials said.
The terrain is still very unstable, so rescue teams will stay sideways and use the drone to find survivors while the helicopter is searching overhead. It was made. Two rescuers stayed overnight at the scene, and more rescuers joined on Tuesday morning.
"We continue to work on drones to find survivors in areas we couldn't monitor yesterday," Alpine Rescue Service Matteo Gasperini told Sky TG24. "We're trying to complete the task of monitoring the entire site."
Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who visited the Kanazei rescue base on Monday, said the avalanche was unpredictable, but the tragedy "certainly depends on worsening climate conditions." I'm doing it. "
Italy is in the midst of the heat wave of early summer, with the worst drought in northern Italy in 70 years. According to experts, there was unusually little snowfall during the winter, and glaciers in the Italian Alps were exposed to the heat of the summer and melted.
"We are in the worst situation for this kind of separation when there is so much heat and a lot of water flowing at the base," said Renato of the National Institute of Polar Sciences.・ Korucci said the National Research Council, or CNR. "I'm still not sure if it's a deep or superficial separation, but judging by the preliminary images and information I received, it seems to be very large in size."
CNR Given that the Marmolada Glacier lost 30% of its volume and 22% of its area between 2004 and 2015, it could disappear completely in the next 25-30 years if current climatic trends continue. I presume.
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Winfield reported by Rome.
