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L'AQUILA, Italy - Searchers continued to find bodies following a powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy early Monday, raising the death toll to at more than 130 people. Tens of thousands were homeless and at least 1,500 injured.
As rescue workers combed through the rubble for survivors and rushed to set up tents for the homeless before night fell, officials warned the death toll could rise further and declined to estimate the number of missing.
The regional government said more than 130 people were confirmed dead, some 16 hours after the quake struck. Italy's federal Civil Protection agency said the death toll was above 100.
Hospitals appealed for help from doctors and nurses throughout Italy. The smell of gas filled parts of the mountain towns and villages, coming from natural gas mains ruptured by the quake.
The earthquake's epicenter was about 70 miles northeast of Rome near the medieval city of L'Aquila.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30061140/
As rescue workers combed through the rubble for survivors and rushed to set up tents for the homeless before night fell, officials warned the death toll could rise further and declined to estimate the number of missing.
The regional government said more than 130 people were confirmed dead, some 16 hours after the quake struck. Italy's federal Civil Protection agency said the death toll was above 100.
Hospitals appealed for help from doctors and nurses throughout Italy. The smell of gas filled parts of the mountain towns and villages, coming from natural gas mains ruptured by the quake.
The earthquake's epicenter was about 70 miles northeast of Rome near the medieval city of L'Aquila.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30061140/