https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Italian Alpine resort on Sunday lifted a state of alert declared last week over fears that a chunk of glacier on the Mont Blanc mountain range might crash down on them. https://www.thelocal.it/20200809/italy-resort-lifts-alert-on-melting-glacier-threat Sun, 09 Aug 2020 16:52:02 +0200 italy-resort-lifts-alert-on-melting-glacier-threat An Italian alpine resort remained on high alert on Friday over fears a vast chunk of a glacier on the slopes of the Mont Blanc massif could plummet in high temperatures. https://www.thelocal.it/20200807/high-alert-as-mont-blanc-glacier-threatens-to-dump-ice-on-italian-resort-town Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:47:12 +0200 high-alert-as-mont-blanc-glacier-threatens-to-dump-ice-on-italian-resort-town An alpine resort in Italy was on high alert on Thursday and dozens of people were evacuated over fears a huge chunk of a mountain glacier could break away because of sudden high temperatures. https://www.thelocal.it/20200806/tourists-evacuated-from-italian-alps-over-fear-of-falling-ice-mont-blanc Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:27:22 +0200 tourists-evacuated-from-italian-alps-over-fear-of-falling-ice-mont-blanc Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20200705/pink-ice-in-italys-alps-sparks-algae-probe Sun, 05 Jul 2020 16:55:11 +0200 pink-ice-in-italys-alps-sparks-algae-probe Local authorities have closed roads after experts warned that a huge section of a glacier on the Italian side of Mont Blanc may be about to collapse. https://www.thelocal.it/20190925/roads-closed-as-experts-warn-that-mont-blanc-glacier-may-collapse Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:37:22 +0200 roads-closed-as-experts-warn-that-mont-blanc-glacier-may-collapse Many people visiting or moving to rural Italy dream of a simpler life. But if you really want to get back to basics, a self-styled “caveman” is offering Neanderthal-style survival courses in the Italian Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20190812/you-can-now-take-a-neanderthal-survival-course-with-a-modern-day-caveman-in-italy Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:32:58 +0200 you-can-now-take-a-neanderthal-survival-course-with-a-modern-day-caveman-in-italy Two British men were killed and another injured after two light aircraft collided over the French-Italian border today. https://www.thelocal.it/20190724/two-british-tourists-killed-after-planes-collide-on-border-of-italy-and-france Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:14:08 +0200 two-british-tourists-killed-after-planes-collide-on-border-of-italy-and-france Italian police were investigating a French pilot Sunday over the deaths of seven people in a collision between a helicopter and light aircraft in the Alps, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190127/italy-police-probe-french-pilot-over-helicopter-plane-crash Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:00:45 +0100 italy-police-probe-french-pilot-over-helicopter-plane-crash 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. https://www.thelocal.it/20190126/death-toll-from-italy-helicopter-plane-crash-rises-to-7 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:27:58 +0100 death-toll-from-italy-helicopter-plane-crash-rises-to-7 Three Italian climbers were found dead on Friday (Aug 10) on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, three days after they set out to summit Europe's highest peak, rescue workers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180811/three-italian-climbers-found-dead-on-frances-mont-blanc Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:34:57 +0200 three-italian-climbers-found-dead-on-frances-mont-blanc A British graduate and sailing teacher has reportedly been found dead in the Italian Alps after setting off on a hike four days earlier. https://www.thelocal.it/20170911/23-year-old-brit-keaton-emery-killed-while-hiking-in-italian-alps Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:16:11 +0200 23-year-old-brit-keaton-emery-killed-while-hiking-in-italian-alps A joint project by the Polytechnic Universities of Milan and Turin to monitor the sustainability of hydro resources in the Alps has returned worrying results. https://www.thelocal.it/20170831/drone-research-over-alps-confirms-depleted-water-resources Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:04:38 +0200 drone-research-over-alps-confirms-depleted-water-resources The bodies of three people, suspected to have died several years ago, have been discovered on the Italian side of Europe's highest peak Mont Blanc, local police told AFP Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170824/police-find-three-bodies-on-italian-side-of-mont-blanc Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:50:43 +0200 police-find-three-bodies-on-italian-side-of-mont-blanc At least three people were dead, two were missing and several others injured after two avalanches in off-piste sections of the Italian ski resort of Courmayeur on Thursday, rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170302/three-killed-in-avalanche-at-italian-ski-resort Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:27:44 +0100 three-killed-in-avalanche-at-italian-ski-resort Summer may only just have finished, but plenty of people in Italy's mountainous regions woke up to a snowy surprise over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20161010/in-pictures-italys-first-snowfall-winter-weather-dolomites-alps Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:51:32 +0200 in-pictures-italys-first-snowfall-winter-weather-dolomites-alps Some 33 tourists, including a 10-year-old child, spent the night stuck in cable cars thousands of metres up among the glaciers of Mont Blanc ahead of an expected rescue operation on Friday morning, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160909/33-people-spend-night-stuck-in-cable-cars-over-alps-mont-blanc Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:36:54 +0200 33-people-spend-night-stuck-in-cable-cars-over-alps-mont-blanc A man who died in a fire that ripped through a chalet complex in the Swiss Alps is the 21-year-old son of the CEO of MSC Cruises. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/italian-man-dies-in Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:48:19 +0100 italian-man-dies-in A town in the Italian Alps was engulfed by a huge cloud of snow on Tuesday when a large avalanche careered down the side of a nearby mountain. https://www.thelocal.it/20160112/close-call-avalanche-cloud-engulfs-italian-town Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:09:02 +0100 close-call-avalanche-cloud-engulfs-italian-town Two people have died in separate incidents in Italy's Alps. https://www.thelocal.it/20151209/two-die-after-falls-in-italian-alps Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:28:30 +0100 two-die-after-falls-in-italian-alps A 46-year-old Italian plunged to his death in the Swiss Alps on Thursday after crashing onto rocks during a base jump, the second such accident in Switzerland in under a year, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:08:07 +0200 italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps