Eventually, they were able to get it free as well.
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“When we learned that the hardest hit place was here, we spoke to our bishop and he encouraged us to come here to comfort the families of the victims”, said a priest who gave his name only as Father Marco as he walked through Pescara del Tronto.
The sun rose on Thursday on many people who had slept in cars or tents, the earth continuing to tremble under their feet.
Rome – At least twenty one people are dead Wednesday after a magnitude 6.2 natural disaster struck central Italy, according to local news reports. “We would like to help with action because we are specialists in rope rescue and cave rescue”, said Jakub Ochnio of Search & Rescue Poland.
The 6.2 magnitude quake struck the Lazio, Umbria and Le Marche regions in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction. In Amatrice, a mideval town in Rieti region, several buildings have collapsed.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a number of Britons had been “affected” by the quake, which has left at least 250 people dead and levelled three small towns after it struck in the early hours of Wednesday.
Yesterday at approximately at 3:36am (9:36pm PCT) a very devastating earth quake with an magnitude of 6.2 hit just 100km outside Rome, demolishing hundreds of historic homes during the people inside it making the current death toll at 241 people dead from this tragic event. Numerous victims were from Rome.
As the search effort continued, the soul-searching began.
That’s what happened in central Italy on Wednesday. She also survived but lost her husband.
Violeta Bratu and the 97-year-old bedridden man she cares for were among those who sought shelter at the Amatrice sports facility.
She said that others from another part of the convent apparently didn’t make it: Three other nuns and four elderly women. Their hopes is to save as many lives as possible, but to what end?
“It was pretty terrifying”, she said.
She said: “The house in front had collapsed and we stepped from the balcony onto the rubble. The bedroom of our neighbors did not exist anymore”.
Romania’s foreign ministry says that five Romanians have died, and 11 are missing in the quake in Italy, updating earlier figures. His office is in touch with officials in the areas affected. Officials did not say whether any Canadians are missing.
Italy’s culture ministry has decreed that proceeds from public museums across Italy this Sunday will be dedicated to helping restore damaged buildings in the quake zone. No victims were reported there, but the quakes damaged buildings, according to RaiNews24.
On Thursday, federal minister Stephane Dion confirmed that one Canadian died in the quake. The death toll has risen to 247.
Mario, the father of two small boys, said he was still in shock.
Another survivor in Amatrice told the AP news agency on Wednesday how she hid underneath her pillow as the quake struck.
The toll appeared likely to surpass that from the last major quake to strike Italy, a temblor that killed more than 300 people in the central city of L’Aquila in 2009.
One Canadian citizen was killed in the recent devastating quake in central Italy, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion announced in a statement on Thursday.
The 2009, 6.3-magnitude natural disaster in L’Aquila occurred roughly 55 miles south of the latest tremor.
A 6.2 magnitude quake shook Norcia in Italy on Wednesday, affecting the towns of Amatrice, Pescara del Tronto and Accumoli, near the epicenter.
The Italian highway operator has released footage from its cameras showing the impact of Wednesday’s natural disaster.
Earlier Bravo’s owners had been pulled from the rubble.
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The UK government has already offered to help with the recovery effort, as about 5,000 rescue workers are combing the rubble for survivors.
