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Weather Live Report VIDEO: Avalanche in CORTINA, DEAD SKIER, 23, others involved
A huge avalanche broke out this morning, around 11, in the Tofana di Rozes area in Cortina D’Ampezzo
and it would have involved several skiers. On-site intervention is underway
Alpine rescue personnel supported by a helicopter. The balance sheet currently shows VICTIM, a 23-year-old skier. According to some, there are several people involved.
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the victim was washed downstream for 200 meters. To provoke the
the tragedy would have been a slab of snow and ice separated from one
mountain wall and lead in a group of ski mountaineers. In the area the weather was
excellent and there were many hikers. Looks like the victim
they were in the company of a relative. A witness stated that in the
a hundred people were present in the area. The boy was climbing
on skis in the Pilastro area. In many this morning they were
to the Angelo Di Bona refuge and from there they skied through the valley
of the tofana.
The dynamics of the accident. As reconstructed, the Belluno ski mountaineer descending from Rotzes with his brother, instead of taking the classic return from the shoulder, stayed to the right of Spigolo Zero and took a channel leading behind Punta Marietta. Amid the decline, however, the avalanche. The brother, who remained taller, immediately raised the alarm and the Pieve di Cadore Suem helicopter headed for the scene, having brought up Alpine Rescue personnel and the Cortina Financial Police. Once the body was located about 2,550 meters above sea level, the rescuers were landed with a 70-meter winch. The body was recovered and transported downstream, before being accompanied to Cortina’s death cell. The ambulance also approached the young man’s brother, who remained unharmed.
Avalanche Curtain
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