The 6.2-magnitude quake hit in the early hours of Wednesday, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome in mountainous central Italy.
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However, Immacolata Postiglione – head of operations for Italy’s civil protection department – told The Associated Press that the rescue effort continued “in search of other people trapped in the rubble”.
Romania reported two of its nationals, who were resident in Italy, had died.
The quake hit at 3:36 a.m. local time Wednesday.
“We saw unfortunately only bodies pulled out”, CNN contributor Barbie Nadeau said from the village, where 22 people were killed.
At least 367 people have been hospitalized with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since Wednesday evening.
A string of historical mountain towns and charming villages turned into ruins after a strong natural disaster struck central Italy on Wednesday.
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International, which promotes traditional cooking with sustainable ingredients, has also called on restaurateurs worldwide “to put the symbolic dish of this devastated town on their menus”. We have communicated with over 40 student unions in Italy immediately after the quake yesterday, asking the students to call their families and let them know they are safe.
Maltese charity SOS Malta has launched an urgent appeal for donations for the victims of the natural disaster that hit the centre of the country last in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
‘Many restaurants are getting involved and this could really make a difference, ‘ Oliver said on Instagram.
Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns, said: “Much of our menu is inspired by Italy and their traditional cuisine – and we therefore have a huge number of colleagues who are Italian”. I think we can raise thousands of pounds.
An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the quake that brought destruction to central Italy entered a third day Friday as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives.
Aug 26, 2016- Italy has declared a state of emergency in the regions worst hit by Wednesday’s quake as hopes of finding more survivors fade.
Families prepared to bury their dead, with the first funerals set for Friday morning, including that of two children and their grandparents who died in Pescara del Tronto.
Italian police on Twitter said the first funeral had held for a man named Marco Santarelli, the son of a police official.
World Vision staff in Myanmar were this afternoon shaken and recovering from the tremors after the quake struck areas close to where the agency operates three Area Development Programmes.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the aftershock had a preliminary magnitude of 4.7.
Residents of picturesque mountain towns found themselves sleeping in cars and tents Wednesday night after a harrowing day of searching for survivors. While Renzi hailed the fact that more than 215 people had been rescued after the quake, authorities reported a steadily rising death toll that had hit 267 by Friday.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday directed the building’s 408-foot (124-meter) spire be lit in the colors of the country’s flag – green, white and red.
