Item: Destructive avalanches in mediterranean region
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Title: Destructive avalanches in mediterranean region
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2018, Innsbruck, Austria
Authors:
- Vincenzo Romeo [ METEOMONT CARABINIERI Service, Rome, Italy ]
- Anselmo Cagnati [ ARPAV-DRST- Centro Valanghe di Arabba, Arabba (BL), Italy ]
- Mauro Valt [ ARPAV-DRST- Centro Valanghe di Arabba, Arabba (BL), Italy ]
Date: 2018-10-07
Abstract: In the winter of 2016 - 2017, in the heart of the Mediterranean (Apennins - Italy), during a period of abundant snowfalls, large and very large destructive avalanches occurred in anthropized areas, such as Rigopiano, where a big hotel was buried, 29 people were killed and only 11 people were rescued. Avalanches of these characteristics and dynamics are not spatially and temporally isolated episodes, but fall within a historical series of avalanches that confirms the presence of a dangerous area in the heart of the Mediterranean region. It moreover suggests a connection with the climate change registered in the last decades and encourages in-depth analysis as well as a permanent supervision and evaluation of avalanche danger in the Mediterranean area.
Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.5.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: avalanche danger, avalanche dynamics, Apennins, Rigopiano, climate change.
Page Number(s): 227-231
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