Canadian girl dies after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains

MILAN, Italy –

A 56-year-old Canadian girl died after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and her companion was being handled for extreme hypothermia, Italy’s Alpine Rescue Corps mentioned Friday.

The 2 climbers, exhausted and struggling hypothermia, known as for assist Thursday night after being hit by the snowstorm about two kilometres (greater than a mile) from a mountain refuge. The hikers weren’t recognized by identify or hometown.

Rescuers reached them, however unhealthy climate scuttled two makes an attempt to evacuate the lady, whose situation was worsening, by helicopter. She died afterward the mountain.

Rescuers put up a tent and shelter the 56-year-old male hiker in a single day till the storm cleared and a helicopter might rescue him early Friday. He was being handled at a hospital within the northern Italian metropolis of Bolzano.