The death toll in the earthquake in Italy has increased to 40.

SyuzhetyZemletryasenie in central Italii06.04.2009Sredi affected by the earthquake did not okazalosChislo Russians killed in earthquake in central Italy reached 40 people, five of them - children, the ANSA.it. These data appear as random debris generated at the site of homes, rescue work continues. The number of wounded, as well as the alleged number of people remaining in the rubble, is not yet known. Previously reported 27 dead.
In the review of debris involved about 40 teams of rescuers. They joined more than 200 volunteers, shortly expected to arrive over a hundred volunteers from the Association of Mountaineering Italy.
Earthquake magnitude 5.8 (on other data - 6.3) occurred about 05:30 am Moscow time in the region of Abruzzo. Epicenter was near the capital city region L'Akuila. As a result, tens of thousands of emergency affected buildings, thousands of people left homeless. They are now organizing a temporary tented camps.
The country declared a state of emergency. Vice-Consul of Russia in Italy Sergei Pozdnyakov previously stated that at the country, the citizens of the Russian Federation does not hurt.
Sunday evening on the outskirts of Ravenna was another earthquake, but it no one was hurt.