Italy Earthquake Kills Hundreds – Photos of a devastating earthquake kills hundreds in L’Aquila, Italy – a medeval walled city of 70,000 sixty miles from Rome – as the magnitude 6.3 quake stuck in the middle of the night.
The Italy earthquake killed hundreds of people as they slept and the mayor of L’Aquila, Massimo Cialente, said some 100,000 people were left homeless.
In the center of the city, building after building was destroyed or left half-standing with cracks and holes.
Rescue workers struggled to pull out survivors, crawling on their stomachs to try to reach those trapped inside.
There is a stream of almost ghostly figures, local people caught up in the earthquake, trudging wearily while wearing pajamas and blankets.
They are pulling suitcases and luggage past collapsed buildings trying to get to safety. People are wandering around in a dazed state.
A university dormitory, churches and a bell tower are the buildings that had collapsed in this ancient city.
Many residents and rescuers used their bare hands to clear the debris from collapsed buildings, although the army and civil protection units from around Italy are joining the effort.
The death toll has been rising steadily throughout the morning. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told reporters in L’Aquila that more than fify people had now died.
Deaths were also reported in the surrounding towns and villages of Castelnuovo, Poggio Picenze, Tormintarte, Fossa, Totani and Villa Sant’Angelo.
It’s feared that the earthquake toll could rise further as rescuers try to reach the many outlying villages and homes in the quake zone.
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June 16th, 2009 at 2:06 am
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