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Rescuers continued the search for survivors in the devastated town of Amatrice on Wednesday, following a strong earthquake in central Italy.
At least 11 people were reported dead in two hard-hit towns, where rescue crews raced to dig out survivors from the rubble, but the toll was expected to rise as crews reached homes in harder-to-reach hamlets.
The magnitude 6 quake struck at 03:36 local time (01:36 GMT) and was felt across a broad stretch of central Italy, including the capital Rome, where residents felt a long swaying followed by aftershocks.
The hardest-hit towns were Amatrice and Accumoli, near Rieti, some 100 kilometres (80 miles) northeast of Rome, where the air was thick with dust and smelled strongly of gas.
The centre of Amatrice was devastated, with entire palazzos razed.


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