Italy blames climate change for glacier collapse, seven dead

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CANAZEI (Italy), July 5 ― Italy's prime minister yesterday linked the collapse of the country's biggest Alpine glacier to climate change, as hopes faded of finding...

CANAZEI , July 5 ― Italy's prime minister yesterday linked the collapse of the country's biggest Alpine glacier to climate change, as hopes faded of finding further survivors from a disaster that killed at least seven people.

Rescuers used thermal drones to seek heat from potential survivors, although chances of finding them were “slim to nothing”, the region's Alpine Rescue Service head Giorgio Gajer told AGI news agency.The disaster struck one day after a record-high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius was recorded at the summit of the glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps.

“I heard a roar, I turned to my left and saw a mass of ice coming down from the mountain,” ski instructor Luca Medici, 54, told AFP.A physical search of the disaster scene was impossible yesterday due to fears the glacier may still be unstable, and helicopters could only fly part of the time due to bouts of bad weather.

“It's a miracle we're alive,” Stefano Dal Moro, an engineer who was hiking with his Israeli partner, told Corriere della Sera. Glacier specialist Renato Colucci told AGI the phenomenon was “bound to repeat itself” because “for weeks the temperatures at altitude in the Alps have been well above normal values”.

 

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