37 Dead in Italy Quake: First Official Toll

by Agence France-Presse

A powerful earthquake that rocked central Italy on Wednesday left 37 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country’s civil protection unit said in the first official death toll.

Residents reacts among the rubble after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016
Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours, which has killed at least three people and devastated dozens of mountain villages.  AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE / Manila Bulletin

“There are still so many people under masonry, so many missing,” said Immacolata Postiglione, the head of the unit’s emergency department.

(Source: MB.com.ph)