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Italian Mountain Rescue Corps &quot;Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico&quot; Soccorso Alpino volunteers and rescuers work in the area of the avalanche-struck Hotel Rigopiano, near in Farindola, central Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Rescue crews are considering whether to start using heavy equipment to speed up the search for 23 people still buried under the ruins of a central Italy hotel crushed by an avalanche. (Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/ANSA via AP) — Italian Mountain Rescue Corps "Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico" Soccorso Alpino volunteers and rescuers work in the area of the avalanche-struck Hotel Rigopiano, near in Farindola, central Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Rescue crews are considering whether to start using heavy equipment to speed up the search for 23 people still buried under the ruins of a central Italy hotel crushed by an avalanche. (Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/ANSA via AP)

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