An avalanche swept away six people in Forcella della Neve
, in the area of Lake Misurina, in the
Belluno Alps
. Among these,
a 14-year-old girl was injured
. The landslide in the Eastern Dolomites group was recorded after midday and the alarm was immediately raised involving the Alpine Rescue and the Belluno Local Health Authority 1 helicopter rescue.
From initial information, a group of two adults and five children who were headed towards the ridge were caught up in the snow mass. When six of them reached the top, the separation occurred which involved the girl, who was 20 meters lower than the rest of the group, and was dragged about sixty meters into the canal. She remained buried for 5 minutes under a meter of snow and was immediately freed by rescuers from the Guardia di Finanza of Auronzo (Belluno), who were training nearby. The rescuers also extracted a second ski mountaineer, a foreigner, who was even further down the canal, emerging from the blanket from the torso up and was unharmed. The alarm was raised around midday by a witness, and caused the Suem helicopter from Pieve di Cadore to take off, disembarking the medical team, helicopter rescue technician and avalanche dog unit with a 50 meter winch, at around 2,400 meters above sea level. meters above sea level. The fourteen-year-old, who complained of back pain, was loaded onto a stretcher, recovered with the winch and transported to the Belluno hospital to be checked for possible trauma. While the medical team was taking care of her, the air ambulance from the Aiut Alpin Dolomites of Bolzano also arrived and recovered the canine unit and the unharmed companions who remained in Forcella, as they had lost their skis in the avalanche while climbing the slopes on foot. last meters, and accompanied them to Misurina.
Avalanche near Zermatt, a 15-year-old skier among the victims
There is also a 15-year-old American skier among the three victims of the large avalanche that fell yesterday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg ski resort, near Zermatt, at the foot of the Swiss side of the Matterhorn. The other two deaths are a man and a woman for whom identification procedures are underway. The Valais cantonal police announced this in a note, specifying that there are currently no useful elements for identification regarding the woman. A fourth person overwhelmed by the snow mass - a 20-year-old Swiss man - was seriously injured and was taken to hospital by helicopter. The detachment occurred shortly after 2pm and the searches, which began immediately, were then suspended in the evening.
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