Italian valley still in \'red zone\' as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse

Italian valley still in 'red zone' as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse

Terra Daily Saturday, 8 August 2020 ()
Italian valley still in 'red zone' as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapseCourmayeur, Italy (AFP) Aug 7, 2020

An Italian alpine resort remained on high alert Friday over fears a vast chunk of a glacier on the slopes of the Mont Blanc massif could plummet in high temperatures. "No one gets through! No cars, bikes or pedestrians," was the message at a checkpoint where an automatic barrier and two guards blocked the small tarmac road snaking up into a lush valley below the Planpincieux glacier, not far
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News video: Residents of Valley Evacuated as Melting Glacier Threatens to Collapse

Residents of Valley Evacuated as Melting Glacier Threatens to Collapse 00:46

 When a melting glacier the size of a cathedral threatened to collapse, an alpine valley on the Italy-France border had to be evacuated.