Following low snowfall and record-breaking summer heat, the Italian Army is hunting for unexploded shells and bombs. “When they re-emerge, they are very, very dangerous,” one expert warns

November 2, 2026 8:00 a.m.

Military specialists inspect a high-altitude ice field in the Dolomites, navigating treacherous terrain to disarm munitions left behind from World War I. Esercito Italiano

High in the craggy peaks of northern Italy’s Dolomites , record-breaking summer heat has peeled back layers of ice and revealed troves of 20th-century weaponry.

Over the course of the summer, the Italian army recovered and defused some 250 explosive devices dating back to World War I, according to ANSA , an Italian news agency.

The dangerous relics surfaced across high-altitude slopes and melting glaciers in the Trentino-Alto Adige region.…