Rome, Italy:
An avalanche sparked by the collapse of a glacier in the northern Italian Alps killed at least five people and injured eight others on Sunday, an emergency services spokeswoman said.
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“Unfortunately, five people were found lifeless,” Michela Canova told AFP, saying that the eight injured “remain a provisional count”. The glacier collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Italian Dolomites.
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