The provisional death toll from
yesterday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake in central Italy has risen
to 250, civil protection officials said Thursday.
The confirmed victims in the Lazio mountain village of
Amatrice rose to 193, while 11 were confirmed dead in the nearby
village of Accumoli.
Another 46 have died in the Arquata area of the neighboring
Marche region, said Civil Protection Emergency Director Titti
Postiglione.
As well, the Civil Protection Department said a total of
238 people have been rescued from under the rubble so far. The
Alpine rescue service has extracted 23 people from the rubble in
the Marche region, and the fire brigade has rescued 215 people
overall.
The number of hospitalized victims has risen to 365,
officials said.
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