At least six killed and others unaccounted for after chunk of melting glacier broke off and crashed into walkers

Rescue teams have flown drones over an Alpine mountainside in Italy in an attempt to spot any more victims from the collapse of a glacier that sent an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks crashing into hikers on Sunday.

At least six people were killed and an indeterminate number are missing after a huge chunk of the rapidly melting glacier on the Marmolada peak broke off. Rescuers on Sunday said nine injured survivors had been found.

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