Quake: the latest

Out of the some 1,000 building inspections made so far in the Abruzzo capital and the surrounding province, 50 per cent of the structures are inhabitable, 20 per cent need minor repairs to be stable while 30 per cent are totally uninhabitable, civil protection sources have said...

Inspectors are first checking buildings which appear to be stable while the center of this city and neighboring towns, where the damage from the April 6th earthquake is most evident, have been cordoned off and will be inspected later.

Over 1,500 experts are being employed in the inspections and out of the first 1,000 structures examined so far 805 were residences, 31 were schools, 86 public office buildings and 127 were work places.

Schools, hospitals and public offices in the L'Aquila province were among the first buildings to be inspected.

Source: www.italymag.co.uk