our thoughts and prayers are due to those who lost their  lives. It is
occasions like these that beg for common effort toward common  relief. Much like the
Tsunamis, earthquakes, and floods past.  Haruna.
Courtesy: BBC News.
Italy earthquake deaths soar - PM



Duncan Kennedy looks at the destruction in the village of  Onna
Italian rescuers are continuing to search for survivors  under buildings
wrecked by a devastating earthquake which killed at least  207 people.
With 1,500 injured and some 17,000 homeless after Monday's quake struck
L'Aquila and its region, many survivors spent the night in shelters.
One woman was rescued alive almost 23 hours after the quake, but 34  people
are still thought to be missing.
Strong aftershocks were continuing almost 36 hours after the quake hit.
One was strong enough to move furniture in buildings in Rome, 95km (60
miles) away.



It's just a nightmare





Onna resident




 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7986611.stm)

Rescuers were forced to briefly postpone their efforts as the  after-shocks
dislodged more rubble from buildings.
It remained a very difficult and dangerous job as rubble was still  moving
and houses could still collapse, says BBC correspondent Duncan  Kennedy in Onna,
a badly damaged village in the region.
As rescue efforts continued:
    *   A 23-year-old student was pulled alive with the help of specialist
cavers from the rubble of a four-storey building in L'Aquila more than  22
hours after the quake struck
    *   One body was retrieved from a university dormitory at dawn on
Tuesday, while rescuers continue to search for about four others  believed trapped
inside
    *   L'Aquila and the surrounding area were without water


Latest from Duncan Kennedy in Onna, a village just  outside L'Aquila




The search operation is still going on here. They are not  giving up hope of
finding people alive. It's a very difficult and  dangerous job. We're not
being allowed further because the rubble is  still moving. The houses could still
come down.
Even this morning, we felt tremors - that crack in the ground  that you hear
and the slight wobbling of the earth beneath your  feet.
The long-term issue is at stake here. What are these people going  to do in
the days and the weeks and the months to come? They've got  nowhere to live.
Their homes are gone.
Survivors spent the night in hotels or at one of several tent camps  which
has been erected in the medieval hill city.
However, many preferred to sleep in their cars near their homes rather  than
to move to the camps.
At one tent city, volunteers handed out blankets, food and water to  evacuees
numbering 600.
Camp co-ordinator Paolo Diani said they were having to prioritise  inadequate
resources.
"As far as this first night is concerned, we gave shelter to elderly  people
and children, while we wait for more tents for everybody.
"And the tents will arrive tomorrow for all the population."
One charity said children would need help to recover from the trauma of  the
quake.
Save the Children's John Bugge said: "The children are showing signs of
emotional stress - uncontrollable crying, fear of the dark."
"And these are all normal signs and we would expect that in children."
Many houses in L'Aquila have been reduced to rubble, and the streets  are do
tted with crushed cars.





_In pictures: Race against time  _
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7986919.stm)
_Row over quake 'forecast' _
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7986585.stm)

Pouring rain overnight turned brick dust into a white sludge, hampering
emergency workers as they moved bricks and broken pieces of wood with  their bare
hands.
Several people were arrested for looting and police were patrolling the  area
monitoring buildings ripped open by the quake, Reuters reported.
In the nearby village of Onna, with a population 350, the quake killed  at
least 38 people and flattened buildings.
Evidence of the human tragedy of the quake is evident, with personal
belongings among from the rubble of houses, says our correspondent in  Onna.
Heavy equipment was being used to shift debris, while searchers were  still
looking for survivors.
One Onna resident who sheltered in a tent overnight said: "All of my  family
survived, and my friends too, but there are so many dead, so many  dead in our
blighted village.
"My husband helped the rescue workers and he pulled bodies out with his  bare
hands. It's just a nightmare," she was reported as saying by AFP news
agency.
At least 5,000 rescue workers are in the region and hospitals have  appealed
for help from doctors and nurses throughout Italy.





_Live interactive map _ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7986352.stm)
_Historic L'Aquila reels _
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7986078.stm)

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was due to visit L'Aquila on  Tuesday,
has said the country has the resources to handle the disaster.
Between 3,000 and 10,000 buildings are thought to have been damaged in
L'Aquila, making the 13th-Century city of 70,000 uninhabitable for some  time.
Parts of many of the ancient churches and castles in and around the  city
have collapsed.
L'Aquila is considered one of Italy's architectural treasures, but the  age
of the buildings makes them vulnerable to quakes.
"The damage is more serious than we can imagine," Giuseppe Proietti, a
culture ministry official in Rome, told the Associated Press news agency.
"The historic centre of L'Aquila has been  devastated."
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