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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Sun Jul 3, 2022, 04:19 PM Jul 2022

Glacier collapse in the Italian Alps.

Last edited Sun Jul 3, 2022, 05:07 PM - Edit history (1)

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Glacier collapse in the Italian Alps. (Original Post) Tomconroy Jul 2022 OP

Poor people. "an intense heat wave since June might be a factor." Hortensis Jul 2022 #1

This is terrible. crickets Jul 2022 #2

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. Poor people. "an intense heat wave since June might be a factor."

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Sun Jul 3, 2022, 04:42 PM

Jul 2022

Half the leading edge of the glacier broke away from the mountain.

The Guardian has a picture I couldn't copy. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/03/at-last-six-dead-after-chunk-of-glacier-breaks-loose-on-italian-mountain

crickets

(25,982 posts)

2. This is terrible.

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Sun Jul 3, 2022, 05:02 PM

Jul 2022

I saw in an article that they were counting cars in the parking lot and checking license plates to estimate casualties and identities. So sad.

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⚡️ Marmolada glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps. Video from social media.

According to the media, six people died and eight were injured. Ten more remain missing.
(video)
2:43 PM · Jul 3, 2022

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