More than 20 Deaths Feared in Italian Hotel Buried by Avalanche

[TWBot]

An unusually frigid and snowy winter across southern Europe delivered its most dramatic blow yet on Wednesday evening, when a four-star resort in the Abruzzo province of central Italy, Hotel Rigopiano, was buried in an avalanche. About 30 people were believed to be in the hotel when the avalanche struck, with two others having survived because they were outside the building. Inside, rescuers carefully combed through the ruined structure. Imagery from inside the hote...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3545">Read More</a>

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[WesL]

Makes you wonder with the earthquakes going on, why didn't the evacuate?