Editorial photo #1400760 Disaster and Accident

Earthquake Leaves At Least 240 Dead In Central Italy

A member of Italian Police near damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016. A powerful pre-dawn earthquake devastated mountain villages in central Italy on August 24, 2016, leaving at least 240 people dead, dozens more injured or trapped under the rubble and thousands temporarily homeless. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicenter of the pre-dawn quake, which had a magnitude of between 6.0 and 6.2, according to monitors. (Photo by Manuel Romano/NurPhoto)