At least seven people are beat and five are still missing Tuesday after part of a glacier give way in the Italian Alps on Sunday during record - high temperatures .
A dowery of the Punta Rocca glacier on the quite a little of Marmolada , the largest alpine glacier in the Italian Alps , abruptly collapsed on Sunday afternoon , causing an avalanche that catch more than two dozen tramper and mountaineer in a waterspout of rocks , crank , and debris that reacheda speedof 185 miles per 60 minutes ( 300 kilometre per hour ) , according to a regional official . The collapse come just one day after the crown of the glacier saw a disk - breaking temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit ( 10 degrees Celsius),Bloomberg reported .
⚠ ️ 🇮 🇹 A huge cube has broken away from the#Marmoladaglacier in#Alpsin Northern#Italy .
A view of the glacier on Marmolada.Photo: Luca Bruno (AP)
telling range of a function , on the path that leads to the top of the Punta Rocca . It was 10 ° C higher than normal temperature .
Last report card read 6 bushed , 8 wounded , a dozen missing.pic.twitter.com/hNc8ZN7G3N
— Other Europe 🇪 🇺 ( @other_europe)July 3 , 2022
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