The five Italians involved in an excursion who were involved in the avalanche in Norway come from the Vicenza area. This is learned from sources in the Farnesina. They are part of a larger group of 8 Italians, all from the Vicenza area, but three of them did not join the excursion, they are fine and they are in the hotel. Some of them had backpacks with airbags that allowed them to remain on the surface if overpowered, while others crashed into trees and suffered contusions of varying degrees. One injured person is said to be in critical condition but apparently still conscious in Tromso hospital.
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Tragedy in the snow of the Norwegian mountains, where a group of five Italians were involved in one of the four avalanches that hit the north of the country. According to the police, quoted by the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, one of them died, two others were injured, one of them seriously, while the other two were unharmed. The Farnesina has confirmed that a compatriot died as a result of the avalanche. An accident that happened on a black day on the Norwegian peaks, with avalanches also recorded in three other areas of the North Troms region, with a total of four dead. The group of Italians was a popular destination for hikers on the Kavringtinden summit, a mountain nearly 1,300 meters high. “Five people of foreign origin were on an excursion in the area. We can confirm that one person has died,” Troms police officer Morten Pettersen said at a news conference.
According to media reports, the rescue operation presented the rescue workers with major challenges due to the weather. In any case, everyone has recovered, said Lyngen Mayor Dan-Håvard Johnsen, stressing that the seriously injured person was taken to Troms Hospital. Of the other three accidents in North Troms, one occurred in the village of Reinoya, a small island of about 300 people, where an avalanche hit a farm and tore it into the sea. A man and a woman were found dead in the water, along with a hundred head of cattle, and the community has evacuated the other residents. In Storlett, in the municipality of Nordreisa, another group of foreign tourists were hit by an avalanche and one person was found dead. “A member of the group located the victim and alerted the emergency services,” the police said, without specifying the nationality of the deceased. A fourth avalanche occurred in Manndalen, Kåfjord municipality and caused no casualties. Tor Indrevoll, chief of operations for the Troms Red Cross Relief Corps, spoke of an extremely serious situation in the region. The authorities – reports Aftenposten – had warned on Thursday of a major avalanche danger in the region. Police have advised everyone not to move in the area’s mountains due to the bad weather conditions and red alerts have been issued in various locations for today and tomorrow.
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