Rigopiano avalanche: Eight found alive in Italy hotel after two days

[muriel_volestrangler]

Last edited Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:25 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC

Eight people have been found alive in Italy's Rigopiano hotel, two days after it was buried in an avalanche.

Rescuers said the survivors had been discovered buried under snow, but not all had been extracted. Two are children, Italian media said.

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The deep avalanche buried the remote hotel, in the central Abruzzo region, after several earthquakes.

At least four people have been confirmed dead, and about 20 are still missing, as the rescue effort continues in difficult conditions.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38691103

[msanthrope]

1. Mille grazie!!! nt

[montana_hazeleyes]

2. Great news!

On an otherwise decrepit day.

[randome]

3. 300 million found buried alive under Orange Avalanche Of Deplorables!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[montana_hazeleyes]

4. Ain't that the truth!

[Eugene]

5. New headline at BBC link: Rigopiano avalanche: Ten found alive in Italy hotel after two days

Rigopiano avalanche: Ten found alive in Italy hotel after two days

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38691103

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Rigopiano Hotel avalanche: Last bodies recovered by rescuers

The bodies of a man and a woman have been pulled from a hotel in Italy that was hit by an avalanche, bringing the final death toll to 29.

Forty people were at the Hotel Rigopiano in Abruzzo when it was engulfed by snow on 18 January.

Eleven survived. Nine people, including four children, were pulled out alive.

Prime Minister Paulo Gentiloni has acknowledged that local officials did not take initial reports of the avalanche seriously enough.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38754837