Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy
A helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel was buried under an avalanche. Rescue workers were searching for survivors who had been buried under the debris.
(Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)Crews search for survivors at a four-star hotel and spa that was struck by an avalanche in a quake-riddled region of central Italy.
Rescuers search for survivors in front of the Hotel Rigopiano after it was engulfed by a powerful avalanche.
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Rescuers remove snow on a road to the village of Penne after an avalanche engulfed a mountain hotel in earthquake-ravaged central Italy on Jan. 19, 2017.
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Italian rescuers gather in the town of Farindola as they make their way to the site of an avalanche that engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in earthquake-ravaged central Italy on Jan. 20, 2017.
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A still image grabbed from a video shows the rescue operations of guests at the Hotel Rigopiano, which was hit by a massive avalanche in Farindola, Italy, on Jan. 20, 2017.
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Rescue crews work at the buried Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola.
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Crews prepare to join the rescue operation after an avalanche engulfed the mountain Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, Italy.
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