Rescue workers have found the dead body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in Central Italy that was buried in an avalanche last week, the Italian fire service said on Sunday.

The death toll stands at six, with 23 people still missing.

Nine people, including four children, were pulled alive from the piles of rubble and snow on Saturday.

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday his government would work to find ways to give the national bodies involved in emergency and reconstruction operations more power.

Tags: 23 still missing, Death toll at Italian hotel hit by avalanche rises to six