EARTHQUAKE: "It Was Like The End of The World..."

After working in heavy rain during the day, the rescuers scoured collapsed buildings in the medieval town of L'Aquila, the regional capital at the epicentre of the earthquake. Emergency services said 60 people had been pulled alive from the rubble...

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

More Than 150 Killed in Holy Week Earthquake

A desperate search for survivors is on in and around the Italian city of L'Aquila after a quake killed, Italian media say, at least 150 people.

Some 5,000 rescuers are picking through rubble in the walled medieval city and nearby towns and villages, some of them said to have been virtually destroyed..

Source: http://news.bcc.co.uk

BREAKING: Strong earthquake hits Italy

A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of central Italy on Monday, causing houses, a church tower and other buildings to collapse in a mountainous region east of Rome.

The quake struck shortly after 3:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m. EDT) and was centered in the mountainous Abruzzo region east of Rome...

Source; www.reuters.com