More than 15,000 Italians displaced by 6.6 earthquake
October 31, 2016 Carlo Piovano And Colleen Barry - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNORCIA, Italy – Italy’s premier pledged Monday to find temporary housing for all those displaced by a series of powerful earthquakes in a central mountainous region, as the nation’s strongest temblor in 36 years pushed those needing assistance to more…
Tent cities setup northeast of Rome after earthquake in Italy, at least 241 dead
August 25, 2016 Frances D'Emilio And Nicole Winfield -THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAMATRICE, Italy -Rescue crews aided by sniffer dogs dug through crumbled homes Thursday looking for earthquake survivors as Italy again anguished over how to secure its ancient towns and modern cities from the country’s highly seismic terrain. After a night…
Low-quality cement, inadequate supporting rods among issues in Italian region hit by earthquake: Aon
August 24, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe region of Italy hit by an earthquake early Wednesday morning, which killed at least 65, has buildings with “inadequate supporting iron rods” and a “relatively low” penetration of earthquake insurance for residential property, Aon plc’s Impact Forecasting LLC subsidiary…
Italian rescuers pull victims out of rubble after 6.2 earthquake hits northeast of Rome
August 24, 2016 Paolo Santalucia And Nicole Winfield - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAMATRICE, Italy – A strong earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 11 people were reported dead in two hard-hit towns where rescue crews raced to dig survivors out of…