Category: Italy

Earthquake rocks Italy | Tremors send Residents Running into Streets Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

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Earthquake rocks Italy | Tremors send Residents Running into Streets Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Earthquake rocks Italy – Italy felt the tremors of a 2.6 magnitude earthquake today as residents came to terms with their first full day under quarantine. Lucca residents reported feeling the ground shaking beneath them Italians poured out of their homes in the country’s north this afternoon after an earthquake shook Tuscany amid the nation’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The 2.6-magnitude quake, which struck around a mile north of Camaiore, was recorded by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at 2.17pm local time. It had an epicenter in the Lucca…

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Coronavirus Situation in Italy is Alarming | 16 Million Italians Under Lockdown

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Coronavirus Situation in Italy is Alarming | 16 Million Italians Under Lockdown

Coronavirus Situation in Italy is Alarming – Italy’s coronavirus death toll rose to 366 on Sunday after authorities announced another 133 deaths, the largest daily rise in reported fatalities in the country since the outbreak began. Italy hardest hit by Coronavirus in Europe The total number of cases in Italy, the European country hardest hit by the virus in Europe, jumped 25% to 7,375 from 5,883 on Saturday, another record jump. At least 622 people have have recovered from COVID-19, the disease associated with coronavirus, according to Angelo Borrelli, head…

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Mount Etna Erupts And Triggers 5.0 Earthquake

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Mount Etna Erupts And Triggers 5.0 Earthquake

Mount Etna Erupts And Triggers 5.0 Earthquake | Sicily Is Shaken By Tremors First came the eruption from Mount Etna, followed by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake caused injuries and damage in Eastern Sicily during the early morning hours of Wednesday. The volcano has been emitting ash and lava has streamed down its slopes since it began erupting on Monday the 24th of December. The quake registered 5.0 magnitude, as reported by the Italian news agency ANSA, who also informed that approx. 600 people were displaced. Officials said the…

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Venice Goes Under Water | Severe Weather Kills 11 in Italy

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Venice Goes Under Water

Venice Goes Under Water | Severe Weather Kills 11 in Italy Fierce thunderstorms, small whirlwinds that blew roofs off homes, and winds comparable to a Category 3 hurricane lashed Italy from Piedmont to Sicily early this week, leaving at least eleven people dead, many injured, and firefighters and other rescue workforces scrambling to respond to emergency calls. In Venice, violent winds drove the high tide to more than one meter, or 156 centimetres, above average sea level on Monday, one of the uppermost levels ever recorded, plunging much of the…

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Rome escalator metro accident leaves Russian soccer fans hurt | What caused the escalator to give way?

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Rome escalator metro accident leaves Russian soccer fans hurt

Rome escalator metro accident leaves Russian soccer fans hurt | What caused the escalator to give way? An escalator in a Rome metro station gave way a short while back injuring 20 people, quite a few of them CSKA Moscow soccer fans, as stated by the Italian police. One person was very badly hurt in the accident at the city-centre Repubblica metro station, as narrated by a few bystanders. State television RAI transmitted a video of the event that showed a packed stairway suddenly speed up, hurtling people down the…

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