120 people killed as town is wiped off the map in Italy==Lots of pics

[riversedge]

heartbreaking.



http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/24/many-dead-after-earthquake-hits-central-italy-destroying-entire-towns-6086877/



Italy earthquake pictures and video show scale of damage in Amatrice
Richard Hartley-ParkinsonRichard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.ukWednesday 24 Aug 2016 6:47 am


120 people killed as town is wiped off the map in Italy


Aerial pictures show the devastation in the town of Amatrice (Picture: AP)

A strong earthquake has struck central Italy, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept.

At least 120 people were reported dead in two hard-hit towns, where rescue crews raced to dig out survivors from the rubble.
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‘The town isn’t here anymore,’ Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi said.

The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3.36am local time and was felt across a broad swathe of central Italy, including the capital, Rome, where residents felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks.

The hardest-hit towns were Amatrice and Accumoli near Rieti, some 80 miles north-east of Rome, though the quake was felt beyond the Lazio region into Umbria and Le Marche on the Adriatic coast.

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This aerial photo shows the damaged buildings in the historical part of the town of Amatrice, central Italy, after an earthquake, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. (0136 GMT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome where residents of the capital felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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[liberal N proud]

1. Buildings that stood for centuries, people's lives in ruins

Our hearts go out to the people of Italy.

[a la izquierda]

2. My great-grandfather was forced to migrate in 1908

because of the massive earthquake in Messina. It killed his entire family- 7 siblings, both parents.

I cannot imagine the horrors these people are experiencing.