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Word of the Week

Written by admin on 7 April, 2009 – 10:33 am -

Abruzzo

Photo from sunrise7 on Flickr

On Sunday night at 3.32am an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale devastated the town of Aquila in the region of Abruzzo. At least 179 people were killed and 1,500 injured. 17,000 have been made homeless.

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earthquake

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all involved in this tragedy.


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4 Responses to “Word of the Week”

  1. By The MDs on Apr 8, 2009 | Reply

    Our hearts go out to those poor people.

  2. By Kia on Apr 10, 2009 | Reply

    It’s such a terrible disaster… how devastating! :(

  3. By Fabrizio - ikol22 on Apr 11, 2009 | Reply

    Unfortunately Mike, since you wrote this caption, people killed are sadly increased.

  4. By Mike Coyle on Apr 15, 2009 | Reply

    Thanks for your messages. It was indeed terrible.

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