### [2017-01-18](/feed/2017/01/18/index.md)

##### Rigopiano avalanche
# On the afternoon of 18 January 2017, a major avalanche occurred on Gran Sasso d'Italia, a mountain in Rigopiano, a tourist destination in the province of Pescara, in Southern Italy's Abruzzo region. The avalanche struck the luxury resort Hotel Rigopiano, killing twenty-nine people and injuring eleven others. The avalanche is the deadliest in Italy since the White Friday avalanches in 1916, and the deadliest avalanche in Europe since the Galtür avalanche in 1999.




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1. [The death toll from the avalanche which buried the four-star luxury resort Hotel Rigopiano on 18 January rises to seventeen, with twelve others still missing. ](/feed/2017/01/24/the-death-toll-from-the-avalanche-which-buried-the-four-star-luxury-resort-hotel-rigopiano-on-18-january-rises-to-sevent.md) _Context: Rigopiano avalanche_