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World|life|August 25, 2016 / 09:30 AM
Search for Italy earthquake survivors ongoing, death toll reaches 160

AKIPRESS.COM - Thousands of rescuers have searched through the night for survivors following Wednesday's earthquake in a mountainous area of central Italy, BBC reported.

Many people are still believed to be buried under rubble and more than 4,300 rescuers are using heavy lifting equipment and bare hands to find them.

More than 160 people have died and at least 368 were injured, officials said.

Many of the victims were children, the health minister said, and there were warnings the toll could rise further.

Among the victims was an 18-month-old toddler, Marisol Piermarini, whose mother Martina Turco survived the deadly 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila and moved away from there after the experience, Italian news agency Ansa reported.

Ms Turco was being treated in hospital after being pulled from the rubble in the village of Arquata del Tronto, Ansa said.

Late on Wednesday there were cheers in the village of Pescara del Tronto when a young girl was pulled alive from the rubble after being trapped for 17 hours. Almost all the houses there had collapsed, the mayor said.

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