An earthquake of a magnitude of 6.3 hit the medieval city of L’Aquila on Monday morning leaving 30,000 people homeless. A mass state funeral was held on Friday for the victims in the open air. The complete areas bishops and cardinals along with the Italian Prime Minister were present with over 100 priests attended the mass. Mourners gathered together and prayed for the victims. It will take several years to recover from the shock and loss and to build back the city to normalcy. Aftershocks were felt even on the day of the funeral. This is the worst major earthquake to hit Italy in the last seven years and the deadliest of all decades.
Tag: Disaster
Tags: Disaster, Funeral
A Natural disaster or a Debt disaster- Whatever it may be, the most badly affected are the poor countries. Natural disasters like tsunami, earthquake, hurricanes and floods happen often and the destructions and damage are very severe. The poor countries are unable to manage the loss as they have minimum resources. But the media which take more interest on the happening of the developed country does not disclose much of the disasters of a poor country.
