Post-quake housing in central Italy reaches 98 pct: civil protection agency

Source: Xinhua    2018-05-22 00:59:19

by Alessandra Cardone

ROME, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The temporary housing of displaced people in quake-hit areas of central Italy reached 98 percent, the country's Civil Protection Agency said on Monday.

Overall, 3,303 prefabricated houses were so far provided to the displaced, out of 3,645 needed, the agency said in a statement.

Further 284 post-quake emergency homes (SAEs) were ready to be assigned, which would bring the total to 98 percent of all the prefabs originally requested.

"To this day, the SAEs delivered are 1,557 in Marche, 787 in Lazio, 742 in Umbria, and 217 in Abruzzo," the agency stated.

The four regions had asked the central government to provide 1,825, 824, 758, and 238 prefabs, respectively.

An additional request for 184 temporary houses was filed in November 2017, and these were not included in the current count, the agency specified.

The regions of Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo, and Lazio were hit by a series of powerful earthquakes that killed some 300 people and left thousands homeless between August 2016 and January 2017.

The quakes struck 140 municipalities and over 32,000 people, according to a data provided by the Italian government in mid-2017.

Some 220 schools across 122 towns were partially or fully destroyed, affecting the life of at least 13,000 students, the government added.

Thousands of buildings were razed to the ground, and much of the historical heritage in these central areas was affected. Besides, entire communities had to face reconstruction in a freezing winter, and endure exhausting months of aftershocks.

The seismic events followed one another: the first quake carrying a magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale struck on Aug. 24, 2016, killing 298 people. It was the only deadly episode.

Two other quakes hit in the same areas on Oct. 26 and Oct. 30, 2016, levelling dozens of hamlets and severely damaging central Italy's famous medieval towns, such as Norcia.

The latest seismic disaster occurred on Jan. 18, 2017: four temblors all carrying a magnitude above 5.0 took place in about four hours.

Extensive damages were reported, but no victims, since the local population had already been evacuated after the first major event. Overall, the final toll was 299 dead, and 388 people injured.

Considering the four quakes, Italy suffered damaged worth 23.53 billion euros (27.67 billion U.S. dollars), the Civil Protection stated in a report to the European Union in February last year.

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Post-quake housing in central Italy reaches 98 pct: civil protection agency

Source: Xinhua 2018-05-22 00:59:19

by Alessandra Cardone

ROME, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The temporary housing of displaced people in quake-hit areas of central Italy reached 98 percent, the country's Civil Protection Agency said on Monday.

Overall, 3,303 prefabricated houses were so far provided to the displaced, out of 3,645 needed, the agency said in a statement.

Further 284 post-quake emergency homes (SAEs) were ready to be assigned, which would bring the total to 98 percent of all the prefabs originally requested.

"To this day, the SAEs delivered are 1,557 in Marche, 787 in Lazio, 742 in Umbria, and 217 in Abruzzo," the agency stated.

The four regions had asked the central government to provide 1,825, 824, 758, and 238 prefabs, respectively.

An additional request for 184 temporary houses was filed in November 2017, and these were not included in the current count, the agency specified.

The regions of Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo, and Lazio were hit by a series of powerful earthquakes that killed some 300 people and left thousands homeless between August 2016 and January 2017.

The quakes struck 140 municipalities and over 32,000 people, according to a data provided by the Italian government in mid-2017.

Some 220 schools across 122 towns were partially or fully destroyed, affecting the life of at least 13,000 students, the government added.

Thousands of buildings were razed to the ground, and much of the historical heritage in these central areas was affected. Besides, entire communities had to face reconstruction in a freezing winter, and endure exhausting months of aftershocks.

The seismic events followed one another: the first quake carrying a magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale struck on Aug. 24, 2016, killing 298 people. It was the only deadly episode.

Two other quakes hit in the same areas on Oct. 26 and Oct. 30, 2016, levelling dozens of hamlets and severely damaging central Italy's famous medieval towns, such as Norcia.

The latest seismic disaster occurred on Jan. 18, 2017: four temblors all carrying a magnitude above 5.0 took place in about four hours.

Extensive damages were reported, but no victims, since the local population had already been evacuated after the first major event. Overall, the final toll was 299 dead, and 388 people injured.

Considering the four quakes, Italy suffered damaged worth 23.53 billion euros (27.67 billion U.S. dollars), the Civil Protection stated in a report to the European Union in February last year.

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