Glacier cut path of destruction
Emergency workers had pulled out the remains of just five people from the mass of ice, mud and debris that the avalanche left in the Karmadon Gorge, said Ivan Teterin, commander of the Emergency Situations Ministry’s rescue effort.
Earlier, officials in the Russian republic of North Ossetia said 17 villagers whose houses had been destroyed were considered dead even though their bodies had not been found. Ninety-four people were reported missing by relatives.
