Eight people including two children are found trapped alive in the kitchen of avalanche-hit Italian ski lodge as rescuers use their hands to dig them out after 40 hours (and hotel's dogs are safe)
Rescue workers are continuing to search for victims of the Italian avalanche which hit a hotel on Wednesday
Today eight people have been found alive after being trapped inside the hotel which was surrounded by snow
The group, thought to include two children, were hiding in the hotel's kitchen and two have been rescued
A barrage of snow hit the Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola and authorities believe at least 25 have died
The names of those who are still missing after the avalanche are now emerging, two days on from the avalanche
Rescue workers are continuing to search for victims of the Italian avalanche which hit a hotel on Wednesday
Today eight people have been found alive after being trapped inside the hotel which was surrounded by snow
The group, thought to include two children, were hiding in the hotel's kitchen and two have been rescued
A barrage of snow hit the Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola and authorities believe at least 25 have died
The names of those who are still missing after the avalanche are now emerging, two days on from the avalanche
sad for the deaths grateful for the survivors.