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Some 24 hours after the quake shook the central Italian region of Abruzzo, emergency workers dug out two students early on Tuesday from collapsed buildings in L'Aquila, the medieval mountain city of 68,000 people worst hit by the disaster.
Rescuers have pulled some 100 people from the rubble but with a further 250 believed missing, civil protection officials said hopes were dimming of finding many more alive.
The quake, measuring between 5.8 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck shortly after 1:30pm (NZT) on Monday, catching residents in their sleep and flattening houses, ancient churches and other buildings in 26 cities and towns.
Aftershocks rattled the area, some 100 km east of Rome in the rugged Abruzzo region, well into the night as thousands of people sheltered in their cars and in tent camps.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who declared a national emergency and visited the disaster zone, said at least 150 people had been killed and more than 1,500 injured. The civil protection agency put the number of homeless at up to 50,000.
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- Up to 50,000 people may be homeless
- Hopes dim for missing
Some 24 hours after the quake shook the central Italian region of Abruzzo, emergency workers dug out two students early on Tuesday from collapsed buildings in L'Aquila, the medieval mountain city of 68,000 people worst hit by the disaster.
Rescuers have pulled some 100 people from the rubble but with a further 250 believed missing, civil protection officials said hopes were dimming of finding many more alive.
The quake, measuring between 5.8 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck shortly after 1:30pm (NZT) on Monday, catching residents in their sleep and flattening houses, ancient churches and other buildings in 26 cities and towns.
Aftershocks rattled the area, some 100 km east of Rome in the rugged Abruzzo region, well into the night as thousands of people sheltered in their cars and in tent camps.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who declared a national emergency and visited the disaster zone, said at least 150 people had been killed and more than 1,500 injured. The civil protection agency put the number of homeless at up to 50,000.
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