Friday, August 26, 2016

Earthquake, 278 dead and 388 wounded is still digging in the rubble: – BBC

While the earth continues to shake, salt the budget of the earthquake victims who, in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, he struck the Marche and Lazio and which virtually razed amateur and Accumoli (in the province of Rieti) and Arquata del Tronto (in the province of Ascoli Piceno). Confirmed dead – but the budget is temporary – is 278, of which 218 in Amatrice. We continue to dig through the rubble in search of survivors but hopes fade from hour to hour. And they have been denied the rumors that had spread in the morning about one or more survivors under the rubble of the Hotel Rome.

The death toll

The budget the death toll at 278 dead and 388 wounded in hospitals: in detail, the victims have so far been 49 to Arquata del Tronto (which also includes the hamlet of Pescara del Tronto), 218 in Amatrice (including the victims so far recovered in collapses in several villages ) and 11 to Accumoli. Many also saved people: are 238 people pulled alive from the rubble, 215 saved by the Fire Department and 23 rescued from mountain rescue. nuanced hopes instead heliport of Amatrice, where in the morning the alarm was tripped by an emergency rescue operation to be performed at the Hotel Roma. The resuscitators Coast Guard helicopter pilots who had confirmed the request for a rescue operation received the counter-order. Unfortunately the voice of possible survivors under the rubble of the earthquake dell’Albergo symbol was authentic but unfounded. It’s not official, however, the budget of the missing: the fire department does not have the certainty of how many people may still be under the rubble. Are 2,500 people who lost their homes.




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The earthquake swarm

Meanwhile the earth continues to tremble . A new strong quake of magnitude 4.8 occurred at 6:28 in Amatrice and provoked new collapses in already damaged buildings. The seismic swarm has never stopped after the first shock of the sixth grade who crumbled homes and buildings. 1,059 shocks were registered after that of 3.36 Aug. 24. Of these, 220 occurred in one day today. An earthquake of magnitude 4.8, at 6.28, as had happened on Thursday has caused new collapses in Amatrice in buildings already affected by the earthquake. These crises have not involved the teams of firefighters who have to work in two different places of course Rome: Hotel Rome, from where a victim has been drawn in the evening, and a private home.

the effects of the earthquake

For effect of the earthquake that struck Italian center on August 24, in correspondence of Accumoli, the ground has sunk 20 centimeters. It shall state that the first images of the fault detected by satellites and made public by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, by the National Council of Research and the Civil Protection Department.

the second night of the displaced

the new movements of the earth have made the agonizing second night in tents for hundreds of displaced , in addition to the temperature dropped to 8-10 degrees. They have 2,100 – compared with a total value of 3,500 beds – the number of people who have found shelter in tents set up by the Civil Defence and volunteers in the earthquake zone of Lazio and Marche. Their number has increased significantly compared to the first night. Are then added to the 600 people who have found shelter in tents set up in Umbria, in particular in the area of ​​Norcia where the earthquake caused no casualties and significant damage to homes but here the people continue to be afraid of any shock (as in fact there have been) and then at least in the first few nights the devastating earthquake prefer to sleep away from home.

the funeral and the visit of Mattarella

the funeral of the Marche earthquake victims will be held in Ascoli Piceno Saturday morning in the Cathedral at 11.30. This will be the Head of State Sergio Mattarella that – before the solemn rite – will be visiting amateur. The funeral, celebrated by Bishop Giovanni D’Ercole in the gymnasium adjacent to the hospital Mazzoni, will take place before the highest state authorities, including the Prime Minister. Renzi has declared a day of national mourning with the display of flags at half mast on public buildings of the entire Italian territory. The funeral of the victims of amateur and Accumoli be held instead Tuesday, August 30 to 18 in an outdoor garden in the small town of Rieti “without the bodies.” This was announced by Domenico Pompili, bishop of Rieti, speaking to the microphones of Rainews24 . “This – he explained – is a way to rework the mourning” remembering “all victims of Accumoli also.”

Block of taxes in the affected areas

Meanwhile, the cabinet approved a state of emergency and the allocation of the first 50 million euro for emergency . Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has also announced the “tax bloc” in the areas affected by the earthquake. Abi invites banks to suspend mortgage payments of damaged houses. The Ania asked insurance companies to extend the payment of premiums. Groupama has already announced. At the same time the Minister of Agriculture, Maurizio Martina, announced that “by 15 September” will be paid “5 million euro Pac European contributions required by the 958 applications submitted by farms operating in 16 municipalities identified by the emergency protection civil”.

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August 26, 2016 (modified August 26, 2016 | 18:55)

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