ITALY - HIC

• Italy is a high income country, located in Europe. In 2016, italy was struck by a magnitue 6.2 earthquake.
• how many people died?

  308
• how many injured?

  1500
• how many made homeless?

  67,500
• how many buildings collapsed?

  10,000 - 15,000
• • Severe damage to buildings
  • 80% of buildings in Amatrice old town were affected
  • Over 50% of all buildings in Amatrice were damaged and destroyed
  • The school in Amatrice collapsed
• secondary effects:

  • number of university students decreased
  • lack of housing meant house prices and rents increased
  • tourism was negatively affected
  • farmers were affected as 90% of barns and stalls for livestock were destroyed
• immediate responses:

  • temporary shelters supplied for 10,000
  • 40,000 tents given out
  • the british red cross raised more than £170,000 in support
• long term responses:

  • residents didnt have to pay tax in 2010
  • students were given free public transport and were exempt from university fees for 3 years