The Ministry of Civil Protection of Italy said that the death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy on Wednesday has risen to 267 people, although there are nearly 400 wounded were being treated in hospitals.
She added that the aftershocks are still shaking the region. Has been more than 900 aftershocks recorded since the quake, including 57 earthquake since midnight last night.
The authorities are facing difficulty in estimating the number of missing, because the residents of the center tourist villages, bringing the number 3 or 4 times in the summer, and is difficult to know the number of those who were present at the time of the earthquake.
The Italian government announced, on Thursday evening, a state of emergency in the affected areas, and released the first tranche of funds for aid amounting to 50 million euros.
It also announced a new plan for the prevention of earthquakes after questions about the reason for the high death toll in the area was known to be threatened by earthquakes.
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