Rop Saltberg
The Italian government is introducing additional measures to deal with the consequences of a new series of earthquakes in central Italy. Agriculture in the affected area in particular can count on support, as can schools. The government will also make an accelerated inventory of the damage to historical heritage and repair it if possible.
The government especially wants the bureaucratic mills to turn faster, so that residents in the region south-east of Perugia receive aid more quickly. Within a week, severe earthquakes were felt in the area again. In the towns of Camerino and Norcia in particular, buildings and churches came down. There were only a few minor injuries.
subsidence
Thousands of people have already been evacuated, or are spending the nights in tents or cars for fear of new earthquakes. 'Many residents would rather not leave for shelters. They feel too attached to these villages," said Gianluca Pasqui, mayor of Camerino.
But for now, the earth will not stop shaking and the tremors will only move along the fault line of tectonic plates that collide under the region. 'They are discharges. A quake means that the voltage is released at a certain point. Then it moves on to the next point,' explains seismologist Bernd Andeweg.
Apart from the material damage, the effects of the earthquakes in central Italy on the ground are now clearly visible. In a number of places the ground subsided to seventy centimeters.
Photos: Rop Zoutberg
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