ß Italy's Civil Protection
Department said Wednesday that the costs of structural damage
and emergency services related to a series of recent devastating
earthquakes in central Italy have reached 23.5 billion euros.
The Civil Protection sent its complete report of damage
estimates and related costs from the quakes in the regions of
Umbria, Marche, Lazio and Abruzzo to the EU Solidarity Fund in
Brussels.
The estimates also take into account supplements added by the
regions following quakes on January 18.
The quake emergency started in August when a 6.0-magnitude
tremor killed 299 people in the Lazio towns of Amatrice and
Accumoli and the nearby Marche town of Arquata del Tronto.
There were more quakes in October, including, a 6.5-magnitude
quake struck near Norcia, the biggest since 1980.
A fresh round of quakes last month was followed by an
avalanche that hit the Rigopiano Hotel in the Abruzzo mountains,
claiming 29 lives.
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