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by Mathilde AUVILLAIN AMATRICE, Italy (AFP) — Inside a shady tent in the middle of quake-hit Amatrice, a little girl hunches over a table drawing a picture of the soaring mountains overlooking this small Italian town. For her, the drawing showed the only thing that remained constant after Wednesday’s earthquake which brought death and destruction a string of remote hilltop towns and villages in central Italy. Not far from the morgue where families have been […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 267 Friday with 367 people hospitalized with injuries, the Civil Protection agency said. Immacolata Postiglione, head of the agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight as rescuers sifted through rubble for a third day. The government has declared a state of emergency for the regions affected by Wednesday’s quake with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi releasing […]
ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Italy will rebuild communities devastated by this week’s earthquake and will relaunch efforts to protect the country’s buildings and infrastructure from natural disasters, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Thursday (August 25). At least 250 people died after an earthquake struck the mountainous heart of Italy in the early hours of Wednesday (August 24), devastating a string of towns, villages and hamlets. “In these hours, we have two necessities, on one […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least eight foreigners were among the 250 people killed when a powerful earthquake struck central Italy this week, officials said, as rescuers continued the grim search for corpses Friday. The bulk of the confirmed deaths — 193 at the latest count — were in the small mountain town of Amatrice, which normally has a population of around 2,500 but was packed with visitors when the quake struck as people […]
AMATRICE, Italy (AFP) – by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 250 on Thursday as rescuers continued a grim search for corpses and powerful aftershocks rocked the devastated area. The bulk of the confirmed deaths — 193 at the latest count — were in the small town of Amatrice, where Rita Rosine, 63, wept as she mourned her 75-year-old sister, who was buried […]
by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome ACCUMOLI, Italy (AFP) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings after Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake. Amid scenes of carnage, dozens of emergency services staff […]
by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome ACCUMOLI, Italy (AFP) — Rescuers worked into the early hours of Thursday in a desperate search for survivors after a powerful earthquake shook central Italy, leaving at least 159 people dead and devastating several mountain villages. With 368 people injured, some critically, and an unknown number trapped under rubble, the death toll from Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake was expected to rise further, officials warned. Amid scenes of carnage, […]
ACCUMOLI, Italy (AFP) – by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome A powerful earthquake shook central Italy on Wednesday, leaving at least 159 people dead and a trail of destruction across several mountain villages packed with holidaymakers. With 368 people injured, some critically, and an unknown number trapped under rubble, the death toll from the pre-dawn quake was expected to rise further, officials warned. Amid scenes of carnage, dozens of emergency services staff and volunteers were […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least 18 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, according to local officials. Deaths were reported in three villages in a mountainous area straddling the regions of Lazio and Marche: Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto. At least 10 people died in Pescara, a hamlet that is part of the bigger village of Arquata del Tronto, according to civil protection officers […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least 10 people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, according to officials cited by local media. The national civil protection agency said it could not give an official toll as rescue efforts were still under way. Deaths were reported in three villages in a mountainous area straddling the regions of Lazio and Marche: Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto. “The […]
by Filippo MONTEFORTE ROME, Italy (AFP) — A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, devastating mountain villages and leaving at least five people dead. Numerous buildings collapsed in small communities close to the epicentre of the quake in a remote, thinly-populated area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio. As dawn broke, residents and emergency services were scrambling to rescue people trapped in rubble. Local officials indicated that the […]
> 6.2 earthquake strikes central Italy > At least 6 people dead > Four people are under the rubble, but they are not showing any sign of life > Mayor says at least half the town is gone > Amatrice mayor says people trapped under rubble > RAI quoted police as saying two people were known to have died in the nearby village of Pescara del Tronto > There were 17 reported aftershocks […]
