Italy Quake leaves 150 dead, 1,500 injured and 70,000 homeless

150 dead, 1,500+ injured after quake jolts Italy
Agence France-Presse
Published: Monday April 6, 2009


L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) – Rescuers scrambled in the dark Tuesday to find survivors from a powerful earthquake in central Italy that killed at least 150 people as thousands of homeless sought shelter in hastily built tent cities.

With nightfall adding to the driving rain hampering the search, emergency services said 100 people had been pulled alive from the rubble of Renaissance and Baroque buildings around the historic town L'Aquila since the quake struck early Monday.

The government has estimated that up to 70,000 people have been left homeless by the quake which measured magnitude 6.2 that damaged 10,000 buildings, many beyond repair.
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150 dead, 1,500+ injured after quake jolts Italy