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Elton Tafaruci

Turned inside out: The purple decor of one family's home is seen amongst the grey rubble as people search for signs of life in Amatrice

Ruins: A lamppost is seen leaning dramatically to one side next to a devastated building and rescue workers 

Cry for help: This survivor looks into the rubble in Amatrice and was heard yelling to anyone who might be stuck inside

Reaction: A dust-covered man cries with his head in his hands as the shock of what has happened overnight sinks in

Decimated: An Italian clutches his child's buggy as he walks over the rubble and debris left 

Piled high: The tight streets of Amatrice have been blocked by the debris from falling buildings rocked by the quake

Desperate: This is all that is left of a building in Amatrice where emergency services and volunteers pull away tiles and rubble searching for victims

Busy: The area of Umbria is hugely popular with tourists, and some Britons have been caught up in today's chaos

Nothing left: This shop's sign is hanging off and its walls are collapsed after the quake shook the area at around 3.30am

Search: People caught up in the aftermath have said that they have heard many voices coming from the rubble 

Distraught: A man stands on his damaged home after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice overnight

Contrast: The intact kitchen of this home lies completely undamaged - but exposed to the outside world after its wall fell away

Scramble: People are fighting through stone, metal and tiles to find anyone who may be trapped under the fallen buildings

Rush: At least ten people are believed to be dead in the incident - others are being taken away on makeshift stretchers like this one

Carnage: This car was left covered in dust and rocks from a falling wall as it tore through central Italy

Rescuers desperately dug through collapsed buildings to reach those who were trapped underneath collapsed buildings in Amatrice

Lights out: Many locals described how their towns were plunged into darkness when the earthquake struck. Members of the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection) are seen here in Amatrice

Many buildings in center of Amatrice were razed by the 6.1 magnitude quake, which struck at around 3.30am (local time)

Emergency workers help an elderly, wounded man to safety in Amatrice, where many are believed to be trapped underneath the rubble

Truamatized locals try to keep warm in the early morning after the strong quake shook the town of Amatrice and much of central Italy

The shallow quake centered in near the city of Rieti but shockwaves traveled as far as Rome 100 miles away

'There are people under the rubble... There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse,' said the mayor of Amatrice (pictured)

First images of the damage in Amatrice showed cars and entire streets caked in rubble

People are feared dead in the small, rustic town of Amatrice (pictured) - which lies near the epicenter of the quake

A family of four were also reported dead in the town of Accumoli - just four miles from where the source of the quake (pictured, a rescue worker inspects the damage in Amatrice)

Together: A sports team rests on the ground under white blankets after the town of Amatrice was struck

The quake destroyed buildings and buried people under rubble in the small town of Amatrice (pictured)

People in Amatrice (pictured) left their houses after the 6.2-magnitude quake tore down buildings in the small town

The first victims of the devastating quake were an elderly couple whose home collapsed in Pescara del Tronto (pictured, the damage in nearby Amatrice)

Unimaginable: An elderly man in a tracksuit walks on the rubble of a collapsed buildings in Amatrice. A television aerial can be seen alongside the bricks

A once quiet and picturesque street is seen with locals going about their daily lives (left) before the earthquake. On Wednesday the beautiful balcony of the building collapsed into a pile of rubble (right)

A town square featuring cobbled pavement, hanging flower baskets and a peach coloured traditional Italian building (top) is now utterly devastated and left in ruins (below)

The same town square is seen here from a different angle. Above the building is intact but below half of it has crumbled to the ground  
A once delightful Italian street filled with terracotta-coloured buildings (left) now appears as a mass of grey rubble (right)

 

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