Mont Blanc glacier on brink of collapse
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FRANCE 
GERMANY 
SWITZ.
ITALY
ALPS
AUSTRIA

200km 60 miles
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Part of a glacier on a mountain in the Mont Blanc range is at risk of collapse, prompting Italian authorities to close roads and evacuate Alpine hamlets
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Grandes Jorasses 4,208m

Planpincieux glacier

About 250,000 cubic metres of ice moving at rate of 50-60cm daily
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Grandes Jorasses

Glacier

Mont Blanc 4,808m

La Palud

Ferret Valley

4km
2.5 miles

SWITZERLAND
FRANCE
ITALY

Courmayeur
Lavachey 
Planpincieux

Road closed
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Mont Blanc massif: Western Europe’s highest mountain range
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Sources: ANSA, Comune Courmayeur  Pictures: Google Earth, Creative Commons
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