Three bodies were retrieved from the site overnight and a further two corpses were found during the morning.
Avalanche death toll rises to 23
Three bodies were retrieved from the site overnight and a further two corpses were found during the morning. However, six people were still missing.
A picture released by Italy's CNSAS rescue agency shows teams working at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano
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However, six people were still missing.
Eleven guests and workers at the Hotel Rigopiano survived the disaster.
The last of them were pulled from the submerged ruins of the luxury spa early on Saturday, and hopes of finding anyone else alive are fading.
Prosecutors in nearby Pescara have opened an investigation into the Jan. 18 avalanche in the Gran Sasso national park, which came after heavy snow storms and a flurry of powerful earthquakes.
Many guests at the hotel wanted to return home but were unable to leave because the access road was blocked by snow
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