Puppies found alive days after deadly Avalanche hit hotel in Italy

  24 January 2017    Read: 1151
Puppies found alive days after deadly Avalanche hit hotel in Italy
Last week, the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy was partially buried under an an avalanche which killed or injured many guests and employees. Nearly two-dozen remain missing, but emergency crews have offered some relief as three puppies trapped by the avalanche have been rescued, raising hopes that some of the missing may still be alive.
​Five days following the disaster, emergency teams reported that nine people have been rescued, while six have died.

​A series of earthquakes earlier in the day prompted officials to release an avalanche warning. Many visitors were feared dead in the wake of what local media reports called a "terrible tragedy." A few human survivors have been released from the hospital but officials are still searching for 23 who remain missing.

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