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Eugene

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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 05:55 AM Aug 2016

Death Toll Climbs to 247 After Earthquake in Central Italy, 368 Injured

LBN thread: at least 247 killed in earthquake in central italy

Source: ABC News

Death Toll Climbs to 247 After Earthquake in Central Italy, 368 Injured

By J.J. GALLAGHER, EMILY SHAPIRO, MORGAN WINSOR and DAVID CAPLAN - Aug 25, 2016, 1:32 AM ET

Nearly 24 hours after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 247, aftershocks continued and the odd survivor was still being pulled from the rubble.

At 5:17 a.m. local time Thursday morning -- nearly 26 hours after the quake first struck -- central Italy was rocked by a 4.7 magnitude aftershock 4.3 miles east of Norcia, according to the USGS.

On Wednesday night, about 17 hours after the quake struck at 3:36 a.m. local time -- with the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli, about 60 miles northeast of Rome, being the hardest hit -- firefighters pulled a 10-year-old girl alive from the rubble in Pescara del Tronto.

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But, Christian Bianchetti, a volunteer from Rieti who was working in devastated Amatrice where flood lights were set up so the rescue could continue through the night, admits that the girl's recovery was not the norm. "Unfortunately, 90 percent we pull out are dead, but some make it, that's why we are here," he told The AP.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/quake-strikes-central-italy-significant-damage-reported/story?id=41606497
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