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ROME — According to the large chunk authorities On Sunday afternoon, the Alpine Glacier collapsed, sliding down the hillsides of Italy, where ice, snow and rocks hit hikers on a popular trail at the top of the mountain, killing at least six people and injuring eight.
Walter Milano, a spokesman for the National Alpine Rescue Team who provided the deaths and injuries, immediately determined how many hikers were or were missing in the area. He said he could not judge. Toll.
Rescuers were checking parking lot license plates as part of a check to determine how many people might not have been described. This process can take several hours.
The nationality and age of the dead were not immediately known, Milan said. Of the eight survivors hospitalized, two were in serious condition, according to the emergency dispatch service.
Earlier, the National Alpine and Cave Rescue Team tweeted that at least five helicopters and rescue dogs were involved in the search for the area involved at the summit of Marmorada.
A SUEM dispatch service based in the nearby Veneto area said 18 people on top of the ice-hit area would be evacuated by the Alpine rescue team.
However, Milan said that some people on the slopes might be able to get off on their own, such as by using the cable car at the top of the mountain.
According to SUEM, the avalanche consisted of "snow, ice, and rocks." The detached part is known as Serak, or the apex of ice.
At a height of about 3,300 meters (about 11,000 feet), Marmolada is the highest peak in the eastern Dolomites and offers spectacular views of other Alpine peaks.
The Alpine Rescue Service tweeted that the segment was interrupted near Puntarokka (Rockpoint) "usually along the itinerary used to reach its peak."
It was not immediately clear what caused the ice to collapse and rush down the slopes of the summit. However, the heat wave that hit Italy after late June could be a factor.
"Recent temperatures have clearly affected the partial collapse of the glacier," President Maurizio Fugatti of Trent, who borders Marmolada, told Sky TG24 news.
However, Milan emphasized that the high fever that abnormally surged above 10 C (50 F) at the recent peak of Marmolada was the only possible cause of Sunday's tragedy.
"There are so many factors that could be involved," Milan said. Avalanches are generally unpredictable, and the effects of heat on glaciers are "more unpredictable," he said.
According to the rescue team, the injured were taken to several hospitals in the Trentino Alto Adige and Veneto areas.
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