"Five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl, were killed in an avalanche in the Dolomite mountains in Italy on Saturday afternoon, according to mountain rescue services. Two groups of climbers were caught in the torrent of snow, which swept down a mountain near the Swiss border in the northeastern region of South Tyrol. "The first group, consisting of three people, was completely buried" under the snow, and the three mountaineers died, Italy's alpine rescue services said in a statement on Sunday."
"Two mountaineers from a second team of four people survived after taking shelter. The bodies of the other two hikers -- a father and his 17-year-old daughter -- were recovered on Sunday morning. Search operations had been delayed due to poor weather conditions. The two climbers had been "dragged to the lower part of the channel where the avalanche occurred," rescue services confirmed."
An avalanche swept down a mountain in the Dolomites near the Swiss border in South Tyrol on Saturday afternoon, killing five German climbers. Two separate groups were caught in the torrent of snow. The first group of three people was completely buried and died. Two members of a second team of four survived after taking shelter. The bodies of the remaining two hikers, a father and his 17-year-old daughter, were recovered on Sunday morning. Search operations were delayed by poor weather conditions. Rescue services said the two climbers had been dragged to the lower part of the channel where the avalanche occurred.
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