Turkey: 8 rescue workers killed, 20 missing in 2nd avalanche.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.ANKARA, Turkey -- An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said 33 emergency workers were killed, 53 were injured and others are still buried under the snow.
Emergency teams were still searching for other colleagues under the snow, Bilmez said. He did not provide a figure of how many more could be missing. Video from the scene showed at least three overturned vehicles at the bottom of a hill during a snowstorm. Some rescuers were struggling to climb out of a steep incline while others dug frantically into the snow with shovels and pick-axes. Fog, heavy snow and strong winds were hampering the rescue efforts.
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