The death toll from the Italian avalanche has reached five after two more bodies were recovered from the debris by the rescue teams, officials said on Monday.
Multiple mountaineers were believed to have been trapped under debris in the South Tyrol Mountains.
The bodies of two German citizens, including a father-daughter duo, were found trapped under the avalanche, with three other Germans confirmed dead.
The rescue teams are searching for the remaining mountaineers, believed to be trapped or lost in the avalanche.
Following the incident in South Tyrol, the bodies of two more German mountaineers have been found, bringing the total number of German climbers who lost their lives to five.
Three bodies had already been discovered on Saturday and later handed to the Italian authorities for medico-legal formalities on Sunday.
The Italian mountain rescue service confirmed that a middle-aged man and his 17-year-old daughter were discovered after a relentless search and rescue operation.
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The exact sequence of events is still unclear. However, it is believed that the mountaineers were caught in a snow avalanche on Saturday while ascending the 3,500-meter-high (11,482-foot) Vertainspitze, a popular mountaineering destination in the Ortler Alps, shortly before 4:00 pm.
Besides, two other climbers escaped unhurt in the incident.
According to the mountain rescue service, the German climbers were camping and travelling independently before splitting into three groups: one group of three and two groups of two.
Meanwhile, the two survivors were taken to a hospital in Bolzano by helicopter for treatment.
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