The damage from August's
devastating earthquake in central Italy will be at least three
to four billion euros, Civil Protection Fabrizio Curcio told a
press conference a month after the disaster killed 297 people.
"The damage will not be less than three or four billion
euros, a ball-park figure. I fear it will not be lower".
Premier Matteo Renzi told the same news conference that
Curcio was being "prudent" and that the damage will not be under
four billion euros.
"The earthquake did not just strike in the areas where it
claimed victims," Renzi said.
"It also created mayor damage in other areas".
Curcio added that the construction of wooden homes for
people made homeless by the quake "will take seven months at the
most".
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