This undated image released by the Glaciological Commission of the Tridentine Alpinists Society shows the Fedaia glacier in Italy's Alps near Trento before a large chunk broke loose on Sunday, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others. Drones were being used to spot any more bodies because conditions downslope from the glacier, which has been melting for decades, were still too unstable to immediately send rescuers and dogs into the area to look for others buried under tons of debris.
This undated image made available by the press office of the Autonomous Province of Trento shows the glacier in the Marmolada range of Italy's Alps near Trento from which a large chunk has broken loose Sunday, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others.
This undated image made available by the press office of the Autonomous Province of Trento shows the glacier in the Marmolada range of Italy's Alps near Trento from which a large chunk has broken loose Sunday, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others. .
This undated image released by the Italian National Alpine and Cave Rescue Corps shows the type of rescue helicopters used on the glacier in Italy's Alps near Trento where a large chunk of ice has broken loose, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others.
This undated image released by the Glaciological Commission of the Tridentine Alpinists Society shows the Fedaia glacier in Italy's Alps near Trento before a large chunk broke loose on Sunday, killing at least six hikers and injuring eight others.
Rescuers conduct searches for the victims of the Punta Rocca glacier avalanche in Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.
Carabinieri police officers and rescuers stand by the refrigerated container where the bodies of the people who died under the Punta Rocca glacier avalanche are kept in Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.
People look at the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.
Two Carabinieri officers show to a journalist, left, the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.
A view of the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers.
