Rescuers work in the night at a collapsed house following an quake in Pescara del Tronto, central Italy, August 24, 2016. Aftershocks in central Italy rattled.
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Dust is seen coming out from falling rubble following an aftershock in Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 25, 2016.
The shaking ground also damaged one key access bridge to Amatrice, forcing emergency crews to close it. Mayor Sergio Pirozzi said he was working with authorities to find an alternative bypass also to another damaged bridge. “We must get down to work.to restore hope to this area which has been so badly hit”.
Even before the bridges were shut down Friday, traffic into and out of Amatrice was terribly congested. Emergency vehicles have been bringing scores of rescue crews up to town and dump trucks have been carrying tons of concrete, rocks and metal back out the single-lane roads.
Strong aftershocks were hampering rescue efforts in Italy on Friday as the death toll from Wednesday’s natural disaster increased to 267.
The trucks are holding only a fraction of the 267 people killed by Wednesday’s 6.2-magnitude quake.
A string of historical mountain towns and charming villages turned into ruins after a strong quake struck central Italy on Wednesday.
A state funeral is scheduled for Saturday for the victims of Arquata, where 49 people died.
Several churches and other medieval-era buildings were damaged or destroyed in Wednesday’s quake. Urban said the Stout had to maneuver away each time to avoid a collision with the Iranian boat.Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters today that the reason for the warning shots was because the American sailors had “taken steps already to try and deescalate this situation, appropriate steps, including flares, trying to, again, warn the Iranian craft away”.
Petrucci said he thinks it was simply a tall tower hit by a strong, shallow natural disaster.
Tornadoes that touched down in central in tore roofs off apartment buildings, sent air conditioners falling onto parked cars and cut power to thousands of people, but left no one seriously injured.
Oliver says that 2 pounds ($2.64) from the sale of the dish specific to the region will be donated. To make a donation, go to the Italian Red Cross website. The crew of the USS Tempest fired flares to warn off the approaching vessel and was able to make brief radio contact, but the Iranian vessel continued its approach.The Iranian boat approached the Tempest head-on coming as close as 200 yards, forcing the American ship to alter its course to avoid a collision, USA officials said.The Iranian boat sped away after the USS Squall fired the three warning shots into the waters ahead of the speeding boat to warn it off.
The funeral in a gym in Ascoli Piceno is to be celebrated by Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole for the victims of Arquata del Tronto.
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported the first quake, which registered a magnitude 6.0, struck at 3:36 a.m. with an epicenter about 100 miles northeast of Rome between the towns of Accumoli and Amatrice.
Updating earlier figures, the ministry said Friday that five Romanians were receiving treatment in local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries. In some cases, the anti-seismic building standards have been part of the problem, including using reinforced cement for roofs that are then too heavy for weak walls when quakes strike.
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Rescue efforts continued through the night and into Friday, but more than a day and a half had passed since the last person was extracted alive from the rubble.
