Thousands Homeless Due To Italy Tremor
MEP: Thousands of people have been left temporarily homeless after Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years.
People were pulled from the rubble in towns across central Italy and 20 were injured after buildings collapsed when Sunday’s earthquake hit “like a bomb”.
It struck at the heart of a region already struggling to rebuild after being devastated by a series of quakes, including one in August that left 300 people dead and two massive tremors four days ago.
More than 3,000 people have been forced to flee their homes following Sunday’s quake, according to the national civil protection agency.
However, no one is reported to have been killed or seriously injured, possibly because many people had already left their homes after last week’s tremors.
The series of quakes have now forced a total of almost 8,000 people to seek refuge in hotels and shelters, with many more sleeping in tents, cars or campers.
