Question

Report writing for students on earthquake

Answer 1

ITALY’S civil protection agency says the earthquake death toll has risen to 247, with hundreds more injured or unaccounted for.

The shallow 6.2 magnitude quake struck 10km southeast of Norcia, a historic tourist town in southeastern Umbria, central Italy on Wednesday morning.

The quake saw buildings reduced to dust in the area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio.

Rescue workers are racing against the clock to find people trapped under rubble, but hope is diminishing as reports of voices from under collapsed buildings drop off.

One man working on the recovery mission in the hard hit town of Amatrice told the Nine Network the once beautiful community was now “like Syria”.

“It is a total war zone in there,” the rescuer said