US Edition2 Skiers Killed, 5 Hurt in Northern Italy Avalanche
Avalanche in South Tyrol struck a group of 25 skiers, killing two and injuring five, amid a season with 127 avalanche deaths across Europe, experts cite unstable snowpack.
- On March 20, an avalanche swept 10 people in Val Ridanna, South Tyrol, killing two and injuring at least seven near Racines on Cima d'Incendio.
- Officials had warned that fresh snowfall over unstable layers could let a single skier trigger an avalanche amid a February cluster of avalanche fatalities including 11 deaths in seven days, Italy's Alpine rescue service said.
- Rescuers deployed five helicopters and air support, Alpine rescue teams and Italy's Guardia di Finanza were on site, the Innsbruck operations centre was alerted, and hospitals in Merano, Bolzano and Bressanone were contacted.
- Authorities reported that three survivors suffered serious trauma and two had minor injuries, and all members carried avalanche transceivers as rescue operations continued Saturday.
- Broader climate and hazard reports position the avalanche within a wider regional trend, with Austria recording at least 21 avalanche-related deaths this winter and U.S. embassies citing MeteoSwiss data warnings.
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Another avalanche accident: At an altitude of 2,400 metres, a snowboard breaks two dozen skiers in the Alps, including Germans. There have not been as many avalanche deaths as this winter for years.
Two skiers died and five others were injured in the Italian Alps today after being hit by an avalanche, the local mountain rescue service said, according to the French news agency AFP.
Several skiers were captured by an avalanche in the Stubai Alps. Two of them were killed. The number of avalanche deaths this year is unusually high.
At least two ski touring skiers have died in an avalanche in northern Italy, while five people have been injured, one of them seriously, Italian rescue services said today.
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