Five German climbers, together with a 17-year-old lady, have been killed in an avalanche within the Dolomite mountains in Italy on Saturday afternoon, in accordance with mountain rescue providers.
Two teams of climbers have been caught within the torrent of snow, which swept down a mountain close to the Swiss border within the northeastern area of South Tyrol.
“The first group, consisting of three folks, was fully buried” beneath the snow, and the three mountaineers died, Italy’s alpine rescue providers stated in a press release on Sunday.
Two mountaineers from a second crew of 4 folks survived after taking shelter.
The our bodies of the opposite two hikers — a father and his 17-year-old daughter — have been recovered on Sunday morning.
Search operations had been delayed because of poor climate situations.
The two climbers had been “dragged to the decrease a part of the channel the place the avalanche occurred,” rescue providers confirmed.
