Two Italian hikers die in avalanche in Alps
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ROME – Mountain rescue teams found the bodies of two Italian hikers after an avalanche on Jan 7 in the Alps close to the border between Italy and Switzerland.
One body was found buried in snow while the other was recovered from a lake after the avalanche at a height of around 2,200m in the Val Formazza area in Italy’s Piedmont region, Alpine rescue group CNSAS said in a statement.
A specialist rescue team was sent to the scene by helicopter despite strong winds in the area after the alarm was raised at around 1100 GMT. A dog trained in rescue operations also helped to find the bodies.
The victims, who had been wearing snowshoes to help navigate the mountain, were a 30-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man, Italian media reported. They were from the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. REUTERS
