Italy Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 120 [Updated]

On Aug. 24, 2016, a magnitude-6.2 trembler strike executive Italy, destroying 3 cities: Pescara del Tronto, Amatrice, and Accumoli. As of this report, a genocide fee rose to 120 casualties. According to Italy’s health minister, Beatrice Lorenzin, many victims are children.

However, there is some good news. The firefighters discovered an 8-year-old lady who is alive. No serve information have been revealed about a girl’s condition.

The inauspicious trembler is a country’s deadliest given 2009. It happened during a night when most citizens were inside their homes. Also, there were many tourists enjoying a final days of summer.

Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi announced that a genocide fee had not reached a final number. Moreover, he endorsed that many rescuers are still perplexing to redeem a victims from a ruins.

The earthquakes are not surprising in Italy. According to The Telegraph, in 2012, another disaster killed 23 persons and left 14,000 others homeless, in a segment of Emilia- Romagna.

UPDATE: The sum series of casualties has risen to 159, according to Italy’s polite insurance agency.

This is an ongoing story. Updates will be supposing as they turn available.

Written by Bianca-Ramona Dumitru
Edited by Cathy Milne

Sources:

The Telegraph: Earthquake in Italy: ‘At slightest 120 passed including many children’ as ‘apocalyptic’ 6.2 bulk upheaval leaves towns in ruins
BBC: Italy earthquake: Death fee rises to during slightest 159

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