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Worst Quake to Hit Italy in Nearly 30 years: ADRA Prepares Response
07 Apr 2009 23:48:00 GMT
 Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International
Nadia McGill

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A woman and child view the wreckage after an earthquake hits the village of Onna, April 7, 2009.
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A woman and child view the wreckage after an earthquake hits the village of Onna, April 7, 2009.
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SILVER SPRING, Md.--A deadly earthquake devastated central Italy on Monday, April 6, displacing tens of thousands of people, and killing more than 200 people in the worst earthquake to hit Italy in almost 30 years, according to the latest reports from Reuters.

ADRA is monitoring the situation in order to prepare an appropriate response for the early recovery phase of the disaster.

"ADRA is committed to helping those who are suffering in this ongoing tragedy," said Joerg Fehr, executive director for the ADRA Euro-Africa regional office located in Switzerland. "As relief efforts continue, let us remember to keep those affected by this disaster in our prayers."

During the initial response to the disaster, the Italian Civil Protection Agency, the Italian police, and the Italian army are on the ground, searching desperately for more survivors in the rubble. When the early recovery phase begins, humanitarian aid agencies will be prepared to provide the aid that is so urgently needed during the recovery stage.

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the capital city of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region at 3:32 a.m., local time, on Monday morning.

Recent reports indicate that the earthquake injured at least 1,500 people, and killed more than 200, many of them in the town of L'Aquila, located approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Rome, and surrounding towns and villages.

Updates will be released as response efforts expand.

To send your contribution to ADRA's Emergency Response Fund, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or give online at www.adra.org.

ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.

For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org.

Author: Nadia McGill


[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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A woman arranges her bed in a tent camp where earthquake victims reside in Aquila April 8, 2009. The death toll in the Italian earthquake rose to 250 during the night ...


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