Question

Which natural disasters hit Italy on 24 August 2016?

Answer 1

Earthquake hit Italy on 24 August 2016, claiming the life of more than 300 people.

Answer 2

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The 13th-century bell tower in Amatrice, stuck at 3.39. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

The 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 3.36am when most were still asleep, razing homes, buckling roads and burying residents under mounds of masonry in the hardest-hit towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto.

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More than 12 hours after the initial tremor, bulldozers and earthmovers rumbled slowly up winding, deeply fissured roads, while temporary camps and kitchens were being set up to house and feed the several thousand made homeless.

Italy’s civil protection agency wascoordinating the rescue operation after the quake, which was felt in Rome more than 93 miles (150km) away.

Hundreds of rescue crews from around the country, including a six-man team of firefighters from the Vatican, scrambled to the area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio.

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