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Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

A helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel was buried under an avalanche. Rescue workers were searching for survivors who had been buried under the debris.

A helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel was buried under an avalanche. Rescue workers were searching for survivors who had been buried under the debris.

  (Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)

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Crews search for survivors at a four-star hotel and spa that was struck by an avalanche in a quake-riddled region of central Italy.

Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

Rescuers search for survivors in front of the Hotel Rigopiano after it was engulfed by a powerful avalanche.

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Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

Rescuers remove snow on a road to the village of Penne after an avalanche engulfed a mountain hotel in earthquake-ravaged central Italy on Jan. 19, 2017.

  (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

Italian rescuers gather in the town of Farindola as they make their way to the site of an avalanche that engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in earthquake-ravaged central Italy on Jan. 20, 2017.

  (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP/Getty Images)

Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

A still image grabbed from a video shows the rescue operations of guests at the Hotel Rigopiano, which was hit by a massive avalanche in Farindola, Italy, on Jan. 20, 2017.

  (ITALIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT HANDOUT / EPA)

Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

Rescue crews work at the buried Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola.

  (Italian Fire Dept. / EPA)

Avalanche buries hotel in central Italy

Crews prepare to join the rescue operation after an avalanche engulfed the mountain Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, Italy.

  (Andreas Solaro / AFP/Getty Images)

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