Italy Left In Shock After Quake
April 8, 2009
In current times, it is thought that major death tolls from natural disasters only really occur in less economically developed countries. The recent earth quake in the region of Abruzzo, Italy has proved this is not the case, which currently has killed at least 179 people.
More than 24 hours after the first quake, emergency rescue workers are searching in the collapsed buildings, trying to find survivors. So far around 100 people have been alive in the rubble however, as time ticks on hopes of finding more are starting to fade.
The quake measures between 5.8 and 6.3 on the Richter scale and occurred around 3:30am on Monday. Residents were caught unawares when they were sleeping. The quake affected 26 cities and towns in the Abruzzo province with figures showing around 1,500 injured 34 missing and 17,000 left homeless.
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