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Insane avalanche caught on camera in Italy
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Saturday, February 8, 2014, 8:21 PM -
This massive avalanche took place Thursday afternoon at around 2pm in the region of Moos in the Passiria valley in South Tyrol (Italy).
The video shows the Oberpamer farm being engulfed by snow. No injuries were reported.
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Residents were able to escape. Since further avalanches might follow, surrounding farms have been evacuated.
Due to this incredibly large avalanche, Rabenstein, a small village, will be unreachable for a week.
Thomas Ennemoser, a farmer from the affected Orsteil Pill, filmed the massive avalanche at a safe distance on a hill.
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