Posted on 08/24/2016 6:41:30 AM PDT by Rockitz
The scale of the devastating Italian earthquake was laid bare this morning as shocking pictures and terrifying eyewitness accounts revealed how four towns were almost wiped off the map in just a matter of seconds.
At least 63 people were killed, including two babies, and 150 people are missing, believed to be trapped under rubble after the 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 3.30am local time while villagers slept in their beds.
Today rescuers spoke of hearing children's screams from the rubble and locals were spotted frantically digging with their bare hands to try and save loved ones.
The quake which devastated the Umbrian mountainside towns and villages of Amatrice, Accumoli, Arquata del Tronto and Pescara del Tronto was so powerful that it even rocked buildings in the centre of Rome more than 100 miles away and was felt as far away as Croatia.
Survivors today described 'apocalyptic' scenes in towns and villages near the city of Perugia - the capital of the tourist-packed Umbrian region, which is especially popular with British holidaymakers.
The quake's epicentre was near Norcia in Umbria, about 105 miles north east of Rome, and falling bridges and landslides meant some areas are still cut off with emergency teams only able to get there on foot.
The mayor of Accumoli, Stefano Petrucci, said this morning: 'My town isn't here anymore' as people were carried out of ruined buildings on stretchers and people desperately searched the debris for survivors or sobbed as they inspected their own ruined homes.
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Think curse of the immigrants ...
Go Google who is in the center oh hell in Dantes Inferno...
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‘The piazza looked like Dante’s Inferno, everyone was crying’: Horrific details emerge as rescuers hunt for 150 buried under rubble after 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Italy killing at least 63
“These ancient brick buildings were just flattened. Prayers for the families of the lost and missing.”
Must have. 6.2 is not that big when buildings are up to code.
Neither Obama or Clinton can be sèen, so that’s not the center
George Bush?..................or has he been replaced with Trump?............
I think it may have ben the land slides that did it.
I was in the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (6.9) in Palo Alto at SRC for a meeting. Very scary and lots of damage, but this one with a 6.2 magnitude cause significant havoc. I can only conclude the construction of the buildings accounted for the difference here.
It makes one wonder how these very old structures made it intact up to now. These areas must have historically dodged quakes of this magnitude.
Fracking and Gorebull warming are to blame...
There have always been earthquakes, but the fact that these towns had none of this magnitude for hundreds of years is significant. One of the signs of the coming Judgment Day is earthquakes. Always be prepared.
Color me insensitive..... another opportunity for Billary to steal from those in need.
Prayers that these people and those in Myanmar get the help they need quickly.
Some of the most ancient and religious areas of Italy were hit hard - mountainous villages with centuries old homes that have just been erased.
I pray for the families as I have been to this region several times and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Fortunately my friends are all ok, but that won’t be the case for many. The death toll will rise as the quake hit in the middle of the night.
This is a huge story! Can’t believe there’s so little about it.
I found a couple other earlier FReep posts, but almost nothing.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3462349/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3462321/posts
Don’t you know why? Obama went to Louisiana to save the little people!
Mad Mo.
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