Italy earthquake death toll climbs to 150

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-07-2009 08:53

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We begin in Italy where the government says more than 150 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in central Italy that struck on Monday morning.

Rescuers carry a stretcher in the village of Onna, central Italy, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Sandro Perozzi)

At least 1,500 others were injured and tens of thousands are homeless. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics recorded it as a magnitude 5.8. quake. But the U.S. Geological Survey says it was as high as a 6.3 magnitude quake.

The quake was Italy's deadliest in nearly three decades.

Earthquake Survivor, said, "It was terrible, it was terrible. Everything was shaking, everything was falling down."

Rescuers are still searching for survivors in collapsed buildings.

Some victims are waiting for treatment in hospitals. But parts of the main hospital in the epicenter of the city of L'Aquila have been evacuated.