No fewer than 38 people have been reported dead after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy on Wednesday, August 24, 2016.
Rescuers are still searching for survivors as many believe the total is likely to rise. Unofficial toll is 63.
Many children are reported to be among the dead, including an 18-month-old Marisol Permarini, who died while sleeping at her home in Arquata del Tronto.
The earthquake of magnitude 6.2 is said to have struck at 3:36am in Norcia, a town south of Perugia, Umbria.
We learnt it has devastated the towns of Amatrice and Accumuli in the northern Lazio region along with Arquata and Pescara del Tronto, in the eastern region of Marche.
Residents in affected areas reported strong aftershocks.
It was also gathered that people in the area were asked to give blood for the injured after hospital in Amatrice collapsed.
There are 81 quake victims currently at hospital in Ascoli Piceno, seven of whom are reportedly in a serious condition.
See below photos and video from the affected areas in Italy:
