Seven dead have already been recovered, but drones are still being used to search for bodies and missing persons after a rift broke out in the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Alps last Sunday at 3,343 meters. The avalanche of ice, snow and boulders that followed just raged over a climbing route, dragging two groups of tourists along. Some of the victims were “buried forever under the rubble,” authorities said. According to Italian scientist Massimo Frezzotti, the glacier break was caused by exceptionally warm temperatures. “The current conditions of the glacier correspond to August, not early July,” he said.
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