A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns over a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents under hills of rubble, with at least 13 people believed killed and many missing. The quake struck in the early hours of the morning when most people were asleep, razing homes and buckling roads in a cluster of towns and villages some 170 km east of Rome.
Panicked residents were sent fleeing into the streets of numerous towns and cities as the powerful quake brought buildings – including a hospital – crashing to the ground earlier today. A family of four, including two boys aged 8 months and 9 years, were buried when their house imploded. Rescue teams used heavy equipment to try to clear the wreckage, but there was no indication they had survived the disaster.
Rescuers have been seen pulling bloodied victims to safety and frantically searching for survivors after voices were heard under the rubble Some 100 people were still unaccounted for in the village of Arquata del Tronto and two bodies were removed from the debris in Amatrice.
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