Amatrice earthquake

[lagatta]

Bad news from central Italy (in Lazio, but at the borders of Umbria and Le Marche), the little town of Amatrice, which most people outside the region know mostly for its famed spaghetti recipe, has been heavily damaged by an earthquake and at least 38 people are dead.

Unfortunately, I've only been past it; impossible to visit every beautiful historic town and village in central Italy.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/aug/24/italy-terremoto-earthquake-buildings-collapse-amatrice-rome-people-trapped

The town site hasn't been updated yet as I write: www.comune.amatrice.rieti.it/ I highly suspect the 50th Sagra degli spaghetti all'amatriciana will not be going forth...

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Amatrice is not in good shape at all.

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[bixaorellana]

Saw this last night on the news. Many more sad details today.

www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/world/europe/italy-earthquake.html?_r=0

source of map

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Currently the death toll stands at 241.

[mossie]

One just has to feel sorry for the people caught up in this.

[htmb]

Such a devastating tragedy for all those people who were probably sound asleep in their beds when the earthquake struck.

[bixaorellana]

Tremors were felt as far away as Rome (100 miles sw), Bologna, and Naples.

www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/world/europe/amatrice-italy-earthquake.html

[htmb]

S's boss is on vacation in Italy so there were a few tense moments here, as you can imagine.

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Three more earthquakes between 5.3 and 5.7 in snow covered central Italy today...

[bixaorellana]

Boy, they keep getting hit!

There were no immediate reports of casualties but tremors were felt as far away as Rome, where the subway was closed as a precaution and parents were asked to pick up their children from schools. source

[lagatta]

Yes, I heard that on the radio this morning. I'll try to find an Italian news story; k2, oyou know if Rome is snow-covered, or just the hilly areas that often get some snow?

I don't see any snow in Rome, and it is above freezing there, but Montereale has far more snow than Montréal...

www.today.it/cronaca/terremoto-crolli-oggi-18-gennaio-2017.html#_ga=1.172878304.258206049.1484750488

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No, there is no snow in Rome.

[lagatta]

The tremors and heavy snow have combined to cause an avalanche which buried a hotel in Farindola, below the Gran Sasso mountain in Abruzzo. Many people are missing or have died

www.meteoweb.eu/foto/catastrofe-in-abruzzo-enorme-valanga-sullhotel-rigopiano-di-farindola-aiuto-aiuto-stiamo-morendo-di-freddo-live/id/836190/#1

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38674788

The Radio-Canada morning show is interviewing people in the area. I'm looking at photos of the area - there is a hell of a lot of snow.

[mossie]

Just seen it on the BBC here. Looks bad, they are digging hoping to find people alive in the ruins of a hotel pushed down the mountain side for a short distance.

[Deleted]

It was the main subject on the French evening news, even before the strange goings on in Washington D.C. If 20 or more people really died in the hotel, they were really unlucky since the video by the search party shows that plenty of corridors and rooms remained intact. But the scene of the building from the outside is horrific.

[lugg]

Just seen a video on BBC of the rescuers pulling out a few people alive. However there is little other info. currently.