Earthquake victims wait for the lunch in a tent camp in L'Aquila, central Italy, 07 April 2009. The death toll from an earthquake that struck central Italy on 06 April 2009 has risen to 179, according to the coordinating centre for rescue services from the battered town of L'Aquila. Of the dead, 40 bodies still need to be identified. An additional 34 people are still missing more than 24 hours after the earthquake, which registered between 5.8 and 6.2 on the Richter scale. EPA/PERI-PERCOSSI.
Aldo (L), the spelunker who saved Marta Valente who is rescued alive after almost 24 hours under the rubble of her house that collapsed in the previous day's earthquake in the early morning hours of in L'Aquila, Italy on 07 April 2009. EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI.
The sign indicating the name of the street 'Via Alfieri' to Onna (Province of L'Aquila) is the only thing left intact in the street where all the buildings have collapsed due to earthquake near L'Aquila, central Italy, 07 April 2009. The death toll from an earthquake that struck central Italy on 06 April 2009 has risen to 179, according to the coordinating centre for rescue services from the battered town of L'Aquila. Of the dead, 40 bodies still need to be identified. An additional 34 people are still missing more than 24 hours after the earthquake, which registered between 5.8 and 6.2 on the Richter scale. EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI.~
