Tourists and residents were being
evacuated from the Val Ferret area near the northern town of
Courmayeur on Thursday due to fears that a huge chunk of the
Planpincieux glacier could break away.
Experts fear that a mass of around 500,000 cubic metres of ice
could come crashing down.
Carabinieri and finance police, firefighters and forest rangers
are on the scene.
Over 60 people are being evacuated - around 15 locals and 50
tourists.
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