Heavy rain was hampering the search in Italy for those unaccounted for perhaps as many 15 a day after an enormous chunk of an Alpine glacier broke off and slammed into hikers. Italian state TV said a body was located on Monday, raising to seven the known death toll of the avalanche from the Marmolada glacier a day earlier.
more than 200 millimeters, with some places up to 350 millimeters, missions like this for animals and humans alike could become more critical in the hours ahead. michael holmes, cnn. all right, michael, thank you so much for that. rescue efforts underway in northern italy after an avalanche of ice in the alps, authorities say at least six people were killed when a large chunk of an alpine glacier broke loose sunday sending ice, snow and rocks into mountain hikers. the collapse comes during a record heat wave in parts of western europe including italy over the past month. and this, a deadly air show accident in battle creek, michigan. a custom semi-truck with jet engines that can travel up to 350 miles per hour was racing against two planes. it spun out of control on saturday, went up in flames, sending thick black smoke into the air. the driver was killed.