Italy’s mountain region The Abruzzo area has been hit with a heavy earthquake which has take so fat 250 lives and more can be expected as many people are reported missing.

n the ancient mountain-top village of Fossa, surrounded by the soaring snow-capped peaks of the Appenine mountains, the aftershocks of Monday’s earthquake are still being felt.

Fossa was badly hit when the quake first struck but some of the houses that remained standing are far from secure.

Just before I arrived in the village – home to about 500 or so people – a large aftershock rocked the mountain.

Four officials had a narrow escape as the building they were inspecting at the time started to collapse. They ran for their lives as it crashed to the ground around their ears.

See some Pictures of the Quake and latest details at Italy 150? 

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