Perugia, Italy was rocked by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake Monday that to no avail and exaggeration completely flattened the town. In essence the scope of the damage is really put into perspective with these before and after pictures that capture the horrendous devastation brought forth by an unrelenting force of nature.
Before & after #ItalyEarthquake: #Google street-view shows scale of devastation in #Amatrice https://t.co/KoOpIwgg2m pic.twitter.com/rOWUWarZQt
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) August 24, 2016
Before and after pictures show the scale of Italy earthquake damage https://t.co/AF0x9Mwre7 pic.twitter.com/PK1Q2efuA7
— Metro (@MetroUK) August 24, 2016
#Amatrice (where Pasta Amatriciana was born) before and after #ItalyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/VHMzSh1vjc
— Valerio De Cesaris (@ValerioDeC) August 24, 2016
Before-and-after pictures reveal the shocking extent of the damage in #pescaradeltronto after the #earthquake #Italy pic.twitter.com/xOsXFoZNE5
— Pierfrancesco Loreto (@pierloreto) August 24, 2016
Perugia has an extensive history dating back to the Etruscan period and became known as a ‘universities town’. The University of Perugia was established in 1308 with other colleges like the University of Foreigners was founded in 1573. It has remained as an important cultural center for Italy up until last night’s apocalyptic like tragedy.
So far over 70 people have been confirmed dead. That number too is obviously expected to rise.
