The search and rescue operation at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano is over.<br /><br /> Italy’s national fire brigade said the last two bodies had been pulled from the wreckage (January 26), putting the final death toll at 29. <br /><br /> Eleven people survived.<br /><br /> Everyone known to have been at the central Italian hotel at the time of the disaster has now been accounted for.<br /><br /> Some guests were waiting to be evacuated when the avalanche ploughed into the building, partially overturning it and pushing it some ten metres away from its usual site.<br /><br /> Multiple earthquakes had struck the region earlier that day (January 18), while the roads surrounding the hotel were blocked by heavy snowfall.<br /><br /> Prosecutors have launched an investigation into the tragedy.<br />
