Up to 30 people are feared to have died after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake hit a hotel in Italy.
The heavy snowfall buried the remote, three-storey Hotel Rigopiano in the town of Farindola on the Gran Sasso mountain in the central Abruzzo region on Wednesday evening.
SKYTG24 reported bodies had been found inside the hotel, while Italian news agency Ansa quoted a rescuer at the scene as saying "there are many dead".
Tom Kington, a reporter for The Times in Rome, said the hotel had reportedly "partly collapsed" under the impact of the avalanche and weight of the snow.
He told Sky News: "Rescuers have yet to get there in force.
"Apparently they were only able to reach it on skis very early this morning at around 4am.
"There is talk of at least 20 people trapped inside the hotel, talk of fatalities and talk of two survivors."
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