Hotel Rigopiano

Italy avalanche toll reaches 23; PM Gentiloni to brief Parliament

Rescue crews recovered several more bodies from the rubble of a hotel crushed by an avalanche today, bringing the toll to 23, even as they mourned colleagues who were killed in a nearby helicopter crash.

Jan 25, 2017, 15:47 PM IST

Toll from Italy avalanche climbs to 16 as hopes diminish

Hopes faded on Tuesday that any more survivors of the devastating avalanche that buried an Italy hotel would be found after the death toll more than doubled to 16.

Jan 24, 2017, 23:30 PM IST

Italy avalanche toll rises to 14 as search continues

The death toll in Italy`s avalanche disaster rose to 14 Tuesday as rescuers extracted the bodies of two women from a devastated Hotel Rigopiano.

Jan 24, 2017, 17:32 PM IST

Death toll at Italian hotel hit by avalanche rises to six, 23 still missing

Italian rescue workers have found the dead body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in central Italy that was buried in an avalanche last week, the Italian fire service said on Sunday, with 23 people were still missing as the search operation continues. 

Jan 23, 2017, 12:21 PM IST

Italy avalanche death toll rises to five, four more survivors rescued

Five people have been confirmed dead at the hotel demolished by an avalanche in central Italy this week, and nine survivors have been pulled from the rubble, the national fire service said on Saturday.

Jan 21, 2017, 17:27 PM IST

Eight survivors found after massive Italy avalanche

More than 30 people, including four children, were in the building when the avalanche slammed into it.

Jan 20, 2017, 17:02 PM IST

Killer avalanche turns Italian hotel into `coffin`

Italy straddles the Eurasian and African tectonic plates, making it vulnerable to seismic activity when they move.

Jan 19, 2017, 22:33 PM IST

Italy earthquake: At least 30 feared dead in avalanche-hit hotel

Up to 30 people were feared to have died Thursday after an Italian mountain hotel was engulfed by a powerful avalanche in the earthquake-ravaged centre of the country.

Jan 19, 2017, 15:03 PM IST

'Many dead' in avalanche-hit hotel after Italy quake

Several people have died after a ski hotel was buried by an avalanche in earthquake-hit central Italy, local media reported today quoting rescue services.

Jan 19, 2017, 14:26 PM IST