Tue Jan 24, 2017 13:35:04
The death toll from an avalanche in central Italy has climbed to 14, with 17 people still missing under a mountain resort buried by tons of snow and rubble.
Firefighters located five more bodies overnight and the search was continuing Tuesday in hopes that someone might still be alive six days after the disaster.
Rescue crews were buoyed by the discovery Monday of three of the Hotel Rigopiano's resident puppies, though they stressed that the white sheepdogs were found in a boiler room far from where the missing are thought to be.
The first funerals will be held Tuesday.
Prosecutors are investigating whether a series of missed communications, underestimations of risks and delays in responding to days of heavy snowfall contributed to the toll from the Jan. 18 avalanche.
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