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 The bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers were found dead on Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they had been missing for three days amid severe weather conditions. https://www.thelocal.it/20240911/four-climbers-found-dead-on-italys-mont-blanc Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:18:22 +0200 four-climbers-found-dead-on-italys-mont-blanc A French mountaineer died close to the summit of Mont Blanc on Friday after rescuers made several attempts to get to him in a violent storm. https://www.thelocal.it/20210731/mountaineer-dies-on-europes-mont-blanc-despite-rescue-attempts Sat, 31 Jul 2021 15:30:56 +0200 mountaineer-dies-on-europes-mont-blanc-despite-rescue-attempts 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 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 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 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 Rescuers continued their search on Saturday for two climbers -- a 15-year-old French boy and his 52-year-old Italian guide -- missing on Mont Blanc since Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140713/italian-rescuers-search-for-missing-pair Sun, 13 Jul 2014 13:24:00 +0200 italian-rescuers-search-for-missing-pair A British climber died on Wednesday after a 1,000-metre fall from near the peak of Mont Blanc, Italian news agency ANSA reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130828/british-soldier-dies-in-mont-blanc-fall-report Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:35:00 +0200 british-soldier-dies-in-mont-blanc-fall-report Two Italian women died in an avalanche and the bodies of a French couple were found in a crevasse on Tuesday, all victims of climbing accidents in the French Alps, local officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130813/italian-climbers-killed-in-mont-blanc-avalanche Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:33:00 +0200 italian-climbers-killed-in-mont-blanc-avalanche