According to the Italian authorities, 20 people are missing due to the detachment of a large layer of ice in the Dolomitic Alps yesterday. Six people died and nine were injured. Two of the injured are in a serious condition and were immediately taken to hospital, while a child of just 9 years old also died.
Searches by rescue teams are continuing in an attempt to locate the missing persons. According to the Italian media, it is very difficult to find survivors and it is feared that in the end the death toll could exceed thirty.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the head of the Italian Civil Protection Agency, Fabrizio Curcio, are currently on their way to Canaggia, where the coordination centre for assistance has been set up.
The head of the Emergency Assistance Service in the Alpine region, Walter Cainelli, stressed that the men and women of the Civil Protection, as well as his colleagues, are moving with particular caution because there is still a very high risk of new layers of ice and landslides.
Source: KYPE
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