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Five climbers from Germany — including a 17-year-old girl and her dad — died in an avalanche in the Italian Alps on Nov. 1

The climbers had set out to scale Cima Vertana in the Ortler mountain range near the Italian village of Solda

"They had been dragged to the lower part of the gully where the avalanche occurred," an Alpine rescue spokesperson said

Five climbers — including a father and his 17-year-old daughter — have died after being caught in an avalanche in the Italian Alps.

Alpine rescuers said the German climbers had set out on Saturday, Nov. 1, to scale Cima Vertana in the Ortler mountain range near the Italian village of Solda, per the Associated Press , the BBC and Reuters .

An avalanche struck at around 4 p.m. as they were headed for the mountain's summi

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