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Glacier Collapses In Italian Alps, 6 Dead: Rescuers
An avalanche sparked by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured eight others on Sunday, an emergency services spokeswoman said.
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5 Killed In Helicopter Crash In Italy
Five people were found dead after a helicopter crash in Italy, Ansa news agency said on Saturday citing rescuers, and two passengers were still missing.
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"Situation Is Catastrophic": Flash Floods After Storm Hits France, Italy
Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off whole villages and triggering landslips, as hundreds of rescuers raced to find stranded survivors.
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7 Killed After Tourist Plane, Helicopter Crash Above Glacier In Italy
Mountain rescuer workers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two people, raising the death toll from a deadly collision between a helicopter and light aircraft in the Alps to seven.
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Italy's Week-Long Storms Kills At Least 30
Floods killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy's week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers said Sunday.
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Helicopters, Rescuers Search Creek Bed After Italy Flash Flood Kills 10
Firefighters and emergency workers on Tuesday combed the creek bed downstream from a gorge where sudden heavy rain created a wall of water that swept away tourists on Monday in the southern Italy region of Calabria, killing at least 10 people.
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At Least Eight Die In Italy Floods: Rescuers
At least eight people died in flooding after violent rains lashed the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend, Italian rescue services said Tuesday.
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Last Child Saved After Quake Hits Italian Holiday Island Ischia
Rescuers on the Italian holiday island of Ischia pulled the last trapped child from rubble on Tuesday after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake toppled buildings and left two people dead.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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Three Dogs Rescued Five Days After Italy Avalanche
Rescuers recovered three puppies from under the rubble of Italy's avalanche-hit hotel Monday sparking fresh hopes some of the 22 people still missing after five days could be found alive.
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Italy Rescuers Race To Find 23 Missing In Avalanche Hotel
Italian rescuers pulled four survivors from an avalanche-hit hotel on Saturday and said they remained hopeful of finding alive at least some of the 23 people still trapped under the ruins.
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Italy Hotel Avalanche: 10 Pulled Out Alive After 2 Days
After two days huddled in freezing cold, tons of snow surrounding them in the wreckage of the avalanche-demolished hotel, survivors greeted their rescuers Friday as "angels." Among the 10 people pulled out alive was a plucky 6-year-old who just wanted her favourite cookies.
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6 People Found Alive In Italian Avalanche Rescue Operation
Rescuers on Friday found six people alive in an Italian mountain hotel that was engulfed in a devastating avalanche two days earlier, and hopes rose that more survivors could be found.
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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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Number Of Deaths In Italy Train Crash Rises To 27, Cause Still Unclear
The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 today after rescuers worked through the night to try to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage and continued their search in the morning.
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Glacier Collapses In Italian Alps, 6 Dead: Rescuers
An avalanche sparked by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps killed at least six people and injured eight others on Sunday, an emergency services spokeswoman said.
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5 Killed In Helicopter Crash In Italy
Five people were found dead after a helicopter crash in Italy, Ansa news agency said on Saturday citing rescuers, and two passengers were still missing.
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"Situation Is Catastrophic": Flash Floods After Storm Hits France, Italy
Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off whole villages and triggering landslips, as hundreds of rescuers raced to find stranded survivors.
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7 Killed After Tourist Plane, Helicopter Crash Above Glacier In Italy
Mountain rescuer workers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two people, raising the death toll from a deadly collision between a helicopter and light aircraft in the Alps to seven.
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Italy's Week-Long Storms Kills At Least 30
Floods killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy's week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers said Sunday.
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Helicopters, Rescuers Search Creek Bed After Italy Flash Flood Kills 10
Firefighters and emergency workers on Tuesday combed the creek bed downstream from a gorge where sudden heavy rain created a wall of water that swept away tourists on Monday in the southern Italy region of Calabria, killing at least 10 people.
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At Least Eight Die In Italy Floods: Rescuers
At least eight people died in flooding after violent rains lashed the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend, Italian rescue services said Tuesday.
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Last Child Saved After Quake Hits Italian Holiday Island Ischia
Rescuers on the Italian holiday island of Ischia pulled the last trapped child from rubble on Tuesday after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake toppled buildings and left two people dead.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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Three Dogs Rescued Five Days After Italy Avalanche
Rescuers recovered three puppies from under the rubble of Italy's avalanche-hit hotel Monday sparking fresh hopes some of the 22 people still missing after five days could be found alive.
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Italy Rescuers Race To Find 23 Missing In Avalanche Hotel
Italian rescuers pulled four survivors from an avalanche-hit hotel on Saturday and said they remained hopeful of finding alive at least some of the 23 people still trapped under the ruins.
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Italy Hotel Avalanche: 10 Pulled Out Alive After 2 Days
After two days huddled in freezing cold, tons of snow surrounding them in the wreckage of the avalanche-demolished hotel, survivors greeted their rescuers Friday as "angels." Among the 10 people pulled out alive was a plucky 6-year-old who just wanted her favourite cookies.
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6 People Found Alive In Italian Avalanche Rescue Operation
Rescuers on Friday found six people alive in an Italian mountain hotel that was engulfed in a devastating avalanche two days earlier, and hopes rose that more survivors could be found.
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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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Number Of Deaths In Italy Train Crash Rises To 27, Cause Still Unclear
The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 today after rescuers worked through the night to try to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage and continued their search in the morning.
