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 On January 18th Italy marks the second anniversary of a major avalanche in Pescara, Abruzzo which engulfed a luxury hotel and killed 29 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20190118/italy-commemorates Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:54:32 +0100 italy-commemorates 25 parties have been formally notified of the Pescara forest police force's conclusion of its 22-month-long investigation into the 2017 Hotel Rigopiano avalanche disaster, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181126/pescara-forest-police-concludes-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche-investigation-25-notified Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:10:00 +0100 pescara-forest-police-concludes-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche-investigation-25-notified Police have opened investigations into six people over deaths in an avalanche which engulfed a central Italian hotel in January. https://www.thelocal.it/20170427/six-people-face-investigations-over-italy-avalanche-deaths Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:40:41 +0200 six-people-face-investigations-over-italy-avalanche-deaths Results of autopsies on the victims of Italy's deadly avalanche have revealed how the 29 people died. https://www.thelocal.it/20170201/avalanche-victims-died-impact-not-hypothermia-many-with-phones-in-their-hands Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:36:46 +0100 avalanche-victims-died-impact-not-hypothermia-many-with-phones-in-their-hands One week after it was hit by a deadly snowslide, Hotel Rigopiano remains half-buried under snow as emergency services continue salvage efforts. https://www.thelocal.it/20170126/this-is-italys-avalanche-hotel-one-week-after-the-disaster Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:56:33 +0100 this-is-italys-avalanche-hotel-one-week-after-the-disaster Two of the men who died when an emergency services helicopter crashed in the central Italian mountains had been part of the rescue effort at avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano. https://www.thelocal.it/20170125/rigopiano-rescuers-mourn-colleagues-who-died-in-helicopter-crash Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:24:13 +0100 rigopiano-rescuers-mourn-colleagues-who-died-in-helicopter-crash Videos shared by Italy's fire service have shown how rescue teams have tackled the challenge of searching for survivors and victims of the avalanche in unforgiving conditions. https://www.thelocal.it/20170124/videos-rescue-effort-survivors-firefighters-rigopiano-avalanche-hotel Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:12:36 +0100 videos-rescue-effort-survivors-firefighters-rigopiano-avalanche-hotel As firefighters continued their feverish search for more human survivors of the Abruzzo avalanche, there was a flicker of hope when three puppies were found alive under the rubble. https://www.thelocal.it/20170124/meet-the-adorable-puppies-rescued-after-five-days-trapped-under-avalanche-rubble Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:13:03 +0100 meet-the-adorable-puppies-rescued-after-five-days-trapped-under-avalanche-rubble Two groups of volunteer firemen from the Swiss canton of Ticino headed to the earthquake and avalanche hit area of Abruzzo in Italy on Saturday to help Italian rescue teams. https://www.thelocal.it/20170123/rescuers-describe-apocalyptic-scenes-at-avalanche-site Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:35:50 +0100 rescuers-describe-apocalyptic-scenes-at-avalanche-site A group of asylum-seeking African migrants on Saturday joined volunteers helping the relief effort at an avalanche-hit hotel in earthquake-ravaged central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170122/african-asylum-seekers-join-avalanche-relief-effort Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:29:11 +0100 african-asylum-seekers-join-avalanche-relief-effort Rescuers combing the wreckage of an Italian hotel in a bid to find survivors of a devastating avalanche detected no signs of life overnight, officials said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170122/no-signs-of-life-on-fourth-day-of-italian-avalanche-rescue Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:15:30 +0100 no-signs-of-life-on-fourth-day-of-italian-avalanche-rescue A total of 23 people remain unaccounted for at an Italian hotel buried by an avalanche, local authorities said Saturday in the first official confirmation of how many people were inside the building. https://www.thelocal.it/20170121/23-now-feared-dead-in-avalanche-hit Sat, 21 Jan 2017 15:18:39 +0100 23-now-feared-dead-in-avalanche-hit More people have reportedly been located in the rubble at avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano in Abruzzo, after six were found alive this morning, according to Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20170120/survivors-detected-after-italys-avalanche-rescue Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:45:01 +0100 survivors-detected-after-italys-avalanche-rescue