Photo Gallery Disaster in Italy
Dozens of people are dead and thousands homeless after a powerful earthquake hit central Italy early on Monday morning. The epicenter was near the city of L'Aquila.
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Officials fear the death toll will rise as rescue workers continue searching through the rubble.
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Thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed.
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A man looks for relatives in downtown L'Aquila.
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Rescue workers retrieve a person from a collapsed building.
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The US Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.3, although Italian seismologists said it was 5.8.
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L'Aquila residents leave their home after the quake.
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The earthquake hit just after 3:30 a.m. local time.
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Earthquakes in Italy often have particularly severe impacts due to the large numbers of centuries-old buildings.
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The quake is Italy's worst since a 2002 temblor in the Molise region which killed 28 people.
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A couple stand amid the rubble in Aquila.
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Rescuers carry a stretcher in the village of Onna.
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An injured walks past his destroyed house.
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Patients are treated outside the St. Salvatore Hospital in Aquila.
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Elderly women sit in a street next to rubble.
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Rescue workers carry an injured man away from his house in Aquila.
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View of the dome of the damaged cathedral in the center of Aquila.
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Fireworkers rescue a student from a dormitory.
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A man reacts as he awaits news about his son trapped in a collapsed building in Aquila.
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Firefighters removing debris.
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Street damage in Aquila.
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A mans walks through the ruins in Aquila.
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A man looks for relatives in the ruins of a collapsed house.
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