A 56-year-old Canadian woman died after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and her companion was being treated for severe hypothermia, Italy’s Alpine Rescue Corps said Friday.

The two climbers, exhausted and suffering hypothermia, called for help Thursday evening after being hit by the snowstorm about two kilometers (more than a mile) from a mountain refuge. The hikers were not identified by name or hometown.

Rescuers reached the hikers, but bad weather scuttled two attempts to evacuate the woman, whose condition was worsening, by helicopter.{ai:summary}<p>A 56-year-old Canadian woman died in a snowstorm in Italy's Dolomite mountains, while her companion was hospitalized for severe hypothermia. They called for assistance after being stranded two kilometers from a mountain refuge.  </p><p>Rescue efforts were hampered by the inclement weather. #society</p>

Canadian woman, 56, dies after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains

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