Social media images, video show shocking devastation from Earthquake in Italy
Italian police say they are out in force to help relief work, but also to stop looting.
#terremoto #Repartimobili all’opera nelle zone colpite per soccorsi ma anche per servizi anti sciacallaggio pic.twitter.com/GyFyYetFQt– Polizia di Stato (@poliziadistato) August 24, 2016
This aerial view of Amatrice, posted by the Italian firefighters post aerial view of the earthquakes devastation in Amatrice:
#terremoto reatino, #soccorso #vigilidelfuoco in atto, sezioni operative in arrivo tutte le regioni pic.twitter.com/vEc7EV8zIs– Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) August 24, 2016
Locals wake up to earthquake in Italy:
Just got woke up by an earthquake! Bed and window shutters moving! ? #Roma #terremoto– Paul O’ Halloran (@paulohalloran) August 24, 2016
Pretty sure I was just woken up by an #earthquake in #rome. I thought someone snuck into my hotel room & was jumping on the bed. Both scary!- Sarah Conrad (@thesarahconrad) August 24, 2016
This would be what I felt at silly o’clock this morning. 6.2 Richter Magnitude earthquake in Italy. https://t.co/TDeaRxJC7b– Colin (@CBR988) August 24, 2016
This is the main road in #Amatrice, Italy following the #earthquake. Covered in rubble. #terremoto pic.twitter.com/JydLGqLXWX– Jake Goldstein-Street (@GoldsteinStreet) August 24, 2016
A Facebook Live video from Rieti Life shows the aftermath of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake:
It isn’t a good morning tweeps. Keep calm and put only useful news, please #Terremoto pic.twitter.com/D1spIyh3Wv– Pier Luca Santoro (@pedroelrey) August 24, 2016
A dog has been rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Italy https://t.co/pPcof3ZBuk– Sky News (@SkyNews) August 24, 2016
Rescue crews needed in #Amatrice, reports people trapped. Area roads in bad shape. (?: @GuiliaCiarapix/@Umbria24) pic.twitter.com/e43CDpupGp– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) August 24, 2016
after devastating 6.1 #Earthquake.
Mayor says the town “isn’t here anymore” pic.twitter.com/jWDAKLYAb1– Tom Hall ☘ (@TomHall) August 24, 2016
My prayers and thoughts to all in Italy devastated by this tragic earthquake. So much beauty and life lost. pic.twitter.com/mwH5ROGKpm– Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) August 24, 2016
DEVELOPING: video from Italy #earthquake. pic.twitter.com/IuEOiDSfV0– Breaking911 Nature (@B911Nature) August 24, 2016
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