DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE IN ITALY AFTER EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL PROVINCE

Rescue Workers and Emergency Officials scramble to rescue people on Wednesday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks struck the region of Central Italy overnight, which collapsed homes, rattled buildings as far away as Rome and Venice and leaving an escalating death toll of more than 70 plus people in the Central region of Italy.

According to Italy's Civil Protection Department at least 73 people were killed in the mountainous heart of the country and more than 100 were and still remain missing- Officials stated that they is suspect the death toll to climb as rescue workers attempt to rescue trapped civilians that may still be trapped under rubble and debris.

Italian Officials called the death toll a “temporary number” that is yet to continue to climb as rescue workers effortlessly work to rescue trapped civilians.

“No family or village or town will be left alone,” Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in a national address. Saying Italy would vigorously accelerate the ongoing rescue effort, he added, “we will continue to find people alive.”

The main earthquake struck at 3:36 a.m. local time about six miles from the town of Norcia in Umbria, a central Italian province which has been known for its rolling hills of olive plantations and vineyards, which lays just about 106 miles northeast of Rome. But the damage was far flung, with devastation striking the narrow, cobblestone streets of historic towns scattered across a sprawling zone including the earthquake-prone provinces of Marche and Lazio, which sustained some of the heaviest casualties.

(PHOTO'S COURTESY OF THE GUARDIAN)

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