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the number of deaths by the severe earthquake in central Italy has risen to at least 73. this was announced by the civil defense of the country on Wednesday. There were more numerous missing.
in this case, 53 people were killed in the places Amatrice and Accumoli, 20 in the municipality of Arquata in the brands. Among the dead and injured are many children.
Because of the large number of injured people called the authorities population for on blood donations. the inhabitants of the towns around the epicenter were asked to go to hospitals.
the Civil Defense is in continuous use to the affected communities to help. but the situation is confusing. The emergency services were some places in the mountainous area difficult to reach.
“We need help”
The Mayor of massively affected locality Accumoli told a trembling voice “what we have seen in L’Aquila years ago is now happening here.” In a telephone conversation with the sender RaiNews24er he added: “We need help.” 2009 an earthquake the central Italian city of L’Aquila was devastated. At that time more than 300 people died.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Sergio Mattarella have already pledged aid to the victims of the earthquake. For many countries, including Switzerland, were commitments and for support. Italy Infrastructure Minister Graziano Delrio was on his way to the disaster area.
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is not currently aware of dead or injured Swiss nationals, as announced on Wednesday morning. EDA chairman Didier Burkhalter was in contact with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni and had offered him the support of Switzerland.
President Johann Schneider-Ammann expressed on Twitter his condolences. The Switzerland is close to the victims of the earthquake in central Italy, he wrote.
thousands homeless become
The earthquake homeless first estimate several thousand people , But the mayor of the town Accumoli, Stefano Petrucci, spoke of 2,500 people without a roof over his head. There was not a single house more habitable.
“We have to organize a tent city for the entire population,” Petrucci told the news agency Ansa According. “Although August, prevail here at night ten degrees.”
Pope Francis has the people affected by the earthquake in central Italy expressed its deep sympathy. He can hardly find words to express his great pain, the Pope said on Wednesday at the start of the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
danger of further tremors
the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology warned of the risk of further earthquakes. Aftershocks could occur for days or even weeks after the main quake.
The earthquake of a magnitude of more than 6 and several aftershocks had shaken the entire border between Umbria, Lazio and Marche at night. The quake was also felt in Rome and the Adriatic coast.
The center of the quake was loud earthquakes services in the province of Rieti some 150 kilometers northeast of Rome in a relatively small depth of ten kilometers. The earthquake occured at 03:36. Italy is shaken due to its geographical position repeatedly by earthquakes.
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