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The tourists were killed when the avalanche ploughed down Italy's Cima Vertana mountain in the Alps with reports claiming the victims were one woman and two men ...

ROME (Reuters) -Five German climbers have died after being caught in an avalanche in the Italian Alps, local authorities said on Sunday. The climbers had set out on Saturday to scale Cima Vertana in ...

Avalanche accidents are a persistent issue in the Italian Alps, with the country registering one of the higher 10-year ...

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Climbers alerted local authorities after finding abandoned skis near the summit of Rimpfischhorn on Saturday. A helicopter was ...

Five climbers from Germany — including a 17-year-old girl and her father — have died after being caught in an avalanche in ...

Five German mountaineers have died after being caught in an avalanche on Saturday, November 1, in South Tyrol, northern Italy. The avalanche struck near the summit of Cima Vertana in the ...

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Five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed in an avalanche in the Dolomite mountains in Italy on Saturday afternoon, according to mountain rescue services.

The climbers were in two groups in northern Italy on Saturday night when an avalanche struck. Two people survived.