Aug 26, 2016

Rescue crews have raced against time since a devastating earthquake leveled three towns in central Italy on Wednesday Aug. 23, leaving hundreds dead.

: Rescue and emergency services personnel looks at rubble and debris of a destroyed building, in the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Italian boy scouts help to carry the coffins of earthquake victims, in a gymnasium arranged in a chapel of rest on August 26, 2016, in Ascoli Piceno, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. Italy on August 26, 2016 declared a day of mourning for victims of a devastating earthquake as hopes of finding any more survivors dwindled and the confirmed death toll rose to 267. Flags will fly at half-mast across the country on August 27 to coincide with funerals for some of the victims. Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, said no new survivors had been found overnight in the remote mountain villages blitzed by the powerful pre-dawn quake on August 24, 2016. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

: Italian Red Cross workers prepare meal for residents of earthquake affected areas in Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Workers repair the higway on Pescara del Tronto, a central Italian village near Amatrice, on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: The damaged Sant’Agostino church is pictured in the central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Damaged houses are pictured in Casale, a central Italian village near Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: View of damages in a street of Pescara del Tronto, a central Italian village near Amatrice, on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: Partial view of Pescara del Tronto, a central Italian village near Amatrice, taken on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: Damaged houses are pictured in Casale, a central Italian village near Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: A handout image grab taken and released by the Vigili del fuoco (Italian Firefighters) press office on August 26, 2016 shows an aerial view of the central street of Amatrice in central Italy, two day after a 6,2 magnitude earthquake that struck the region killing some 267 people. Italy on August 26, 2016 declared a day of mourning for victims of a devastating earthquake as hopes of finding any more survivors dwindled and the confirmed death toll rose to 267. Flags will fly at half-mast across the country on August 27 to coincide with funerals for some of the victims. Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, said no new survivors had been found overnight in the remote mountain villages blitzed by Wednesday’s powerful pre-dawn quake. (Vigili del Fuoco/AFP/Getty Images)

: Rescue workers serach through the rubble of an earthquake destroyed building in the central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: Damaged houses are pictured in Casale, a central Italian village near Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman mourns next to the coffin of an earthquake victim, in a gymnasium arranged in a chapel of rest on August 26, 2016, in Ascoli Piceno, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. Italy on August 26, 2016 declared a day of mourning for victims of a devastating earthquake as hopes of finding any more survivors dwindled and the confirmed death toll rose to 267. Flags will fly at half-mast across the country on August 27 to coincide with funerals for some of the victims. Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, said no new survivors had been found overnight in the remote mountain villages blitzed by the powerful pre-dawn quake on August 24, 2016. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

: Italian soldiers remove ruins during operation aiming at reopening the road in Rio, a little village near Amatrice, central Italy two days after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people and injuring at least 367 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26 but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: Partial view of Pescara del Tronto, a central Italian village near Amatrice, taken on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: View of damages in a street of Pescara del Tronto, a central Italian village near Amatrice, on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images)

: Rescue workers search through the rubble of an earthquake damaged building in the central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people. An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy entered a third day on August 26, 2016 as a day of mourning was declared for victims of a disaster that has claimed at least 267 lives. Releasing the new confirmed death toll, Immacolata Postiglione, head of the Civil Protection agency’s emergency unit, indicated there had been no survivors found overnight in any of the remote mountain villages devastated by August 24’s powerful pre-dawn quake. At least 367 people have been hospitalised with injuries but no one has been pulled alive from the piles of collapsed masonry since August 24 evening. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man and woman comfort each other in front of a collapsed house, in Amatrice, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Rescue crews have raced against time since a devastating earthquake leveled three towns in central Italy last Wednesday Aug. 23, leaving hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

: Coffins of some of the victims of Wednesday’s earthquake lie inside a gymnasium in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. The first funerals were scheduled for some of the victims, with the government declaring a day of national mourning and a state funeral scheduled for Saturday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

: Children play in a tent set up for them by the ‘Save the Children’ humanitarian organization, in Amatrice, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Rescue crews have raced against time since a devastating earthquake leveled three towns in central Italy last Wednesday Aug. 23, leaving hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

: A man walks through rubble in Accumoli, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that rescuers would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. The first funerals were scheduled for some of the victims, with the government declaring a day of national mourning and a state funeral scheduled for Saturday. (Roberto Salomone/ANSA via AP)

: Members of the ‘Rescue Team of Ram Union’, from the region of Zhejiang, China, prepare to take part in rescue operations, in Amatrice, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 two days after an earthquake. Rescue crews have raced against time since a devastating earthquake leveled three towns in central Italy last Wednesday Aug. 23, leaving hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

: A view of collapsed houses in Accumoli, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that rescuers would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Roberto Salomone/ANSA via AP)

: Rescuers make their way through rubble in Accumoli, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that rescuers would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Roberto Salomone/ANSA via AP)

: Rescuers make their way through rubble in Accumoli, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that rescuers would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Roberto Salomone/ANSA via AP)

: A woman sits in the courtyard of the ” Don Minozzi ” convent in Amatrice, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks damaged two key access roads into quake-struck Amatrice on Friday, threatening to isolate the tiny hilltop town as hopes dimmed that rescuers would find any more survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns Wednesday. (Roberto Salomone/ANSA via AP)

: Italian army soldiers clear rubble in Amatrice, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks damaged two key access roads into quake-struck Amatrice on Friday, threatening to isolate the tiny hilltop town as hopes dimmed that rescuers would find any more survivors from the earthquake that killed leveled three towns Wednesday. (Italian Army via AP)

: This picture taken on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 shows the crumbling hulk of the Hotel Roma in Amatrice, central Italy, where a strong quake had hit a few hours earlier. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

: This picture taken on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 shows the crumbling hulk of the Hotel Roma in Amatrice, central Italy, where a strong quake had hit a few hours earlier. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

: Aerial view of the village of Saletta in central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, where a strong quake hit early Wednesday. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors as donations began pouring into the area and Italy again anguished over its failure to protect ancient towns and modern cities from the country’s highly seismic terrain. (AP Photo/Localteam)

: Aerial view of the church of Santa Maria della Misericordia in Accumoli in central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, where a strong quake hit early Wednesday. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors as donations began pouring into the area and Italy again anguished over its failure to protect ancient towns and modern cities from the country’s highly seismic terrain. (AP Photo/Localteam)

: A real estate agency’s sign reading in Italian “On Sale” hangs from the balcony of a partially collapsed house in Arquata del Tronto, central Italy, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, two days after an earthquake. Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike Friday as hopes began to dim that rescuers would find any more survivors from Italy’s earthquake. (Cristiano Chiodi/ANSA via AP)

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