The bridge had been under construction when it fell onto the main Adriatic coast motorway this afternoon, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. La Repubblica newspaper said the couple killed were a 60-year-old man and his 54-year-old wife who lived ...
Read More »Puppies Found Alive Five Days After Deadly Italy Hotel Avalanche
Italy’s fire brigade found the three white sheepdog pups five days after an avalanche triggered by a series of earthquakes buried the Rigopiano Hotel in Farindola, Italy, last Wednesday, NBC News reports. The puppies were found in an air pocket in the ...
Read More »Italian hotel sent alert just before avalanche
Bruno Di Tommaso’s warning came in an email published by Italian media, as rescuers continued searching for 23 missing people at the Rigopiano hotel, the BBC reports. After the series of earthquakes, avalanche buried the remote hotel in Abruzzo, central ...
Read More »Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead
The bus, carrying pupils from Hungary, collided with a roadside column as it exited the A4 motorway near Verona late on Friday, the BBC reports. Italy’s national fire service said that another 39 people had been injured. The bus was ...
Read More »Italy avalanche: Six found alive in hotel after two days
Rescuers said the survivors had been discovered buried under snow. Two are children, Italian media said, according to the BBC. Video footage of the first survivors being pulled free was released by rescue teams on Friday afternoon – more than ...
Read More »Italian PM Renzi loses constitutional referendum in Italy and resigns
Approximately 60% of Italians said “no” to the proposed adjustments that center-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had linked his political fate to. The result has become clear from the exit polls immediately after closing the polling stations at 11 p.m. yesterday. ...
Read More »Italy quake: Emergency declared as hopes for more survivors fade
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged €50m (£42m) in funds for rebuilding, BBC reports. At least 268 people are now known to have died and 400 were injured. Teams have continued to search the rubble of toppled buildings for a ...
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