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Skier found alive after night under avalanche

Rovigo man, 55, survives in -10 degree temperatures

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 27 - An Italian skier and hiker was found alive Friday despite having spent the night in a northern Italian avalanche at more than 10 degrees below zero.
    The Rovigo man, 55, who has not been named, was partially buried by an avalanche in Val Badia Thursday afternoon.
    He was located by a helicopter of the Alpine rescue service Aiut Alpin Dolomites, which used a system, ARVA, for electronic searches inside avalanches.
    The tourist was urgently taken to a hospital in Bolzano.
    He is believed to be doing OK. (ANSA).
   

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