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| Search for Missing in Italy Intensifies After Powerful Earthquake | |
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| AMATRICE, Italy — The search continued on Thursday for the dead and the missing after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, deeply convulsing this close-knit country. | |
| At last count, the death toll stood at 241: 184 in the town of Amatrice and 11 in Accumoli, both in the Lazio region, and 46 in the village of Arquata del Tronto, in the neighboring Marche region. In a rare bit of good news, the toll was revised downward, from an earlier tally of 247, but the figure could rise again given that some people remained unaccounted for. | |
| At a news conference in Rome, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the emergency unit at Italy’s Civil Protection Agency, said that 215 people had been rescued from the wreckage generated by the quake and the violent aftershocks that followed it. At least 264 people had been hospitalized, and many children were among the scores injured, the Health Ministry said. | |
| Officials in Romania confirmed that five of the country’s citizens had been killed in the quake, and four were wounded, with 11 missing. Several thousand migrants from Romania are estimated to live in the area. | |
| The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday, all but flattening Amatrice, a quiet mountain town with medieval churches, destroying houses and burying people under the rubble. It also devastated Accumoli. The earthquake was so strong that it was felt in Rome, about 100 miles away. | |
| Overnight, about 1,200 people slept in four makeshift camps in the area struck by the quake, as residents braved the 460 shocks and aftershocks that have been registered since Wednesday morning. Ms. Postiglione said that two of the shocks had magnitudes larger than 5. | Overnight, about 1,200 people slept in four makeshift camps in the area struck by the quake, as residents braved the 460 shocks and aftershocks that have been registered since Wednesday morning. Ms. Postiglione said that two of the shocks had magnitudes larger than 5. |
| The earthquake has helped bring together a country known for its age-old social fabric, where families and neighbors come together during times of crisis. About 5,400 people have mobilized to help with search operations, including professional rescue workers and 3,000 volunteers, some of whom have provided shelter to those pulled out of the rubble. | The earthquake has helped bring together a country known for its age-old social fabric, where families and neighbors come together during times of crisis. About 5,400 people have mobilized to help with search operations, including professional rescue workers and 3,000 volunteers, some of whom have provided shelter to those pulled out of the rubble. |
| While the relatives of the missing lingered between hope and despair, a spokesman for firefighters, Luca Cari, told the Italian news media that it was still possible to find someone alive, even 72 hours after an earthquake. | While the relatives of the missing lingered between hope and despair, a spokesman for firefighters, Luca Cari, told the Italian news media that it was still possible to find someone alive, even 72 hours after an earthquake. |
| Amid the devastation, there were glimmers of heroism and hope. A three-story convent on the edge of Amatrice was all but destroyed, as the two top floors came crashing down during the earthquake. But a nun who escaped said she would have remained trapped under the rubble, along with three other nuns and several retirees, if it had not been for a young man who had rescued her. She called him “an angel.” | Amid the devastation, there were glimmers of heroism and hope. A three-story convent on the edge of Amatrice was all but destroyed, as the two top floors came crashing down during the earthquake. But a nun who escaped said she would have remained trapped under the rubble, along with three other nuns and several retirees, if it had not been for a young man who had rescued her. She called him “an angel.” |
| Italy’s Culture Ministry said on Thursday that all income generated from state museums on Sunday would be used to help provide relief in areas battered by the earthquake. The minister of culture and tourism, Dario Franceschini, urged Italians to go to museums to show solidarity with those affected by the quake. | |
| The earthquake is spurring soul-searching about how to reinforce buildings in mountain towns peppered with centuries-old construction. | The earthquake is spurring soul-searching about how to reinforce buildings in mountain towns peppered with centuries-old construction. |
| The earthquake was less powerful than other recent temblors, such as one in Nepal in April 2015, which killed 8,000 people. But the Italian quake nevertheless wreaked havoc because it was particularly shallow, occurring about six miles below the surface and making the ground-shaking particularly violent. | The earthquake was less powerful than other recent temblors, such as one in Nepal in April 2015, which killed 8,000 people. But the Italian quake nevertheless wreaked havoc because it was particularly shallow, occurring about six miles below the surface and making the ground-shaking particularly violent. |