6.3 MAG; EAST OF ROME...
MAY HAVE 'VIRTUALLY DESTROYED' SOME ENTIRE TOWNS...
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90+ people killed; Many trapped...
'Nothing to see but devastation'...
ITALY MUZZLED SCIENTIST WHO FORESAW QUAKE
L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck a swathe of central Italy as residents slept on Monday morning, killing more than 90 people and flattening whole towns.
At least 50,000 people have been made homeless, officials said.
Most of the dead were in L'Aquila, a 13th-century mountain city about 100 km (60 miles) east of Rome, and surrounding towns and villages in the Abruzzo region.
"Some towns in the area have been virtually destroyed in their entirety," Gianfranco Fini, speaker of the lower house of parliament, said as MPs observed a moment of silence.
What a terrible thing. Let's all keep the people of Italy in our prayers and hearts.
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