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Death toll surges as search for Italy's earthquake survivors continues – Thursday's developments

Powerful aftershock shakes earthquake-hit town of Amatrice

Here’s a summary of how things stand almost 36 hours after the earthquake struck.

  • Hopes are dwindling of finding more survivors alive as aftershocks continue to hamper rescue efforts. A senior officials suggested the operation could switch from rescue to recovering bodies, on Thursday evening.
  • Italy’s civil protection agency said the death toll from the earthquake stands at 241 with a further 264 injured. This represents a slight revision downwards from the 247 figure given earlier this morning.
  • Five Romanians, one Spaniard and an Albanian man were confirmed to be among the victims. The Albanian man was named as 33-year-old Erjon Toro. His wife and three children were injured when the family home collapsed in Amatrice.
  • Officials said the death toll is likely to rise further. The number of people killed could yet surpass the last major earthquake to strike Italy in L’Aquilla in 2009 when more than 300 people were killed.
  • The mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, said he feared 200 people could have died in his town alone. “Our heart is broken but will be resurrected” he told RAI News.
  • Rescue teams continued to try to find survivors under the rubble. Overnight a 10-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble after being buried for more than 17 hours in the hill town of Pescara del Tronto.
  • The area continues to be hit by powerful aftershocks. On Thursday after seismologists recorded a 4.3 magnitude tremor.
  • Hundreds of those displaced by the earthquake are preparing to spend a night under canvas in tents set up around the worst-hit towns.
  • An appeal for blood donations has prompted many Italians to queue outside blood transfusion centres. The authorities thanked 1,500 people who donated blood.
  • Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, is due to hold a cabinet meeting to decide measures to help affected communities. “Today is a day for tears, tomorrow we can talk of reconstruction,” he told reporters late on Wednesday.

We are going to pause the blog for now, but will return to it to cover any major announcements.

Updated

4.3 magnitude aftershock

A 4.3 magnitude aftershock hit the area within the last hour – the latest in a string of powerful aftershocks.

Italy’s geological agency continues to monitor a high level seismic activity in the area.

As do journalists.

Most of the guests in the Hotel Roma in Amatrice survived, according to the owner.

Some 32 people were registered at the hotel when the earthquake hit, fewer than first feared. The owner told local media that most of the guests had managed to escape.

Firefighters’ spokesman Luca Cari said one body had been pulled out of the hotel rubble just before dawn after five were extracted earlier.

Hundreds of those displaced by the earthquake are preparing to spend a night under canvas in tents set up around the worst-hit towns.

Atemporary camp in Pescara del Tronto was set up for the survivors of the earthquake.
Atemporary camp in Pescara del Tronto was set up for the survivors of the earthquake. Photograph: Marco Zeppetella/AFP/Getty Images

Last night in Amatrice, around 50 older people and children spent the night inside a local sports hall.

“It’s not easy for them,” civil protection volunteer Tiziano De Carolis told AP. “They have lost everything: the work of an entire life, like those who have a business, a shop, a pharmacy, a grocery store. From one day to another, they discovered everything they had was destroyed.”

6.2 magnitude earthquake hits central Italyepa05509337 A general view ofrom inside a sports hall providing earthquake victims and rescue workers with temporary shelter after the earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, 25 August 2016. The provisional death toll from Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy has risen to 247, the civil protection agency said Thursday, 25 August. EPA/FLAVIO LO SCALZO
6.2 magnitude earthquake hits central Italy
epa05509337 A general view ofrom inside a sports hall providing earthquake victims and rescue workers with temporary shelter after the earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, 25 August 2016. The provisional death toll from Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy has risen to 247, the civil protection agency said Thursday, 25 August. EPA/FLAVIO LO SCALZO Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/EPA

Dwindling hope of finding more survivors

A senior official leading the rescue efforts has said hopes of finding more survivors are dwindling.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme, Giovanni Coviello, a regional commander with the forest rangers regional, suggested the search for survivors could be called off this evening. Speaking in broken English he said: “I think they can survive for 12 or 15 hours more, but at the end of this afternoon we declare to stop the research because we will not have a probability to find people alive.”

The last survivor of the L’Aquila earthquake in 2009 was pulled out after spending 72 hours under rubble.

Other rescue officials have refused to say when their work would shift from saving lives to recovering bodies.

“We will work relentlessly until the last person is found, and make sure no one is trapped,” said Lorenzo Botti, a rescue team spokesman told AP.

Rescuers carry a body recovered from the rubble in Amatrice.
Rescuers carry a body recovered from the rubble in Amatrice. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

Updated

Death toll revised down to 241

Italy’s Civil Protection department has revised the death toll down to 241 from a previous figure of 247. It said a further 264 people were injured. Officials said they expected to confirm more deaths as the search operation continues.

A dusty looking poodle has been returned to its tearful owner in Amatrice after being buried under the rubble for 30 hours, according to the Italian fire service.

Reuters has released new drone footage of the damage to Pescara del Tronto.

The Italian news agency, Ansa, has interviewed Angelo Moroni, the policeman who pulled out a girl from the rubble in Pescara del Tronto on Wednesday evening.

“We dug with bare hands for hours,” it quotes him saying. “In those moments you can go on without thinking and without feeling thirsty.”

The girl, named as Giorgia or Giulia, is recovering in hospital after spending at least 16 hours under the rubble. Her parents were also rescued, but her 10-year-old sister was killed.

“I hope that Giorgia remembers little about it,” Moroni said, “in fact I hope I forget everything.”

He added: “We were only sure that we was saved her when we put on the stretcher and the doctors took her away. Then there we erupted with thunderous joy.”

There are conflicting reports about the surving girl’s age. Ansa said she was eight. Earlier it was reported that she is 10.

Rescuers pull young girl from rubble of Italy earthquake

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The number of Romanians killed in the earthquake has risen to five, according to AP citing Romania’s foreign ministry. A further 11 Romanians are missing it said.

Relatives are still hoping family members might be alive beneath the rubble, writes Oscar Lopez in Amatrice.

Lea D’Angela, 52, was standing near a group of rescuers asking about her mother. “If she is alive we will find her,” a police officer said. “But right now, there is nothing you can do here.”

D’Angela, who was born in Amatrice and left when she was 26, said her parents lived in the historic town centre. “I’m so worried for my mother,” she said.

Her father is in hospital in a critical condition after being pulled from the rubble on Wednesday night. “He’s alive, but he’s not in a good condition. The house crushed him,” she said.

D’Angela had come with her three teenaged children, all visibly upset.

Danzante Paoletti lived in Amatrice for 16 years until 2008 before moving to nearby Sant Angelo, where his house was “completely destroyed” by the quake. Eight people in the area died, including a young girl. “They were all friends of mine,” he said. “Above all else, we feel sadness. But hope must not die. I hope we find so many children and young people who have survived that this place can be reborn.”

Emergency workers search the rubble of a building that was destroyed in earthquake in Amatrice
Emergency workers search the rubble of a building that was destroyed in earthquake in Amatrice Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Asylum seekers have been helping relief efforts in Pescara del Tronto, according to the state broadcaster RAI.

A 33-year-old Albanian man was among the 247 victims, according Balkan Insight. It names him as Erjon Toro citing the Albania foreign ministry.

It said Toro died when his home in Amatrice collapsed. His wife and three children were injured.

Seven other Albanians were seriously injured.

Trucks full of rubble have been leaving Amatrice area every few minutes, according to Reuters.

In one of the trucks a dusty doll could be seen lying on top of tonnes of debris, Reuters reports.

A doll is seen on the rubble following the earthquake in Amatrice.
A doll is seen on the rubble following the earthquake in Amatrice. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Police have cleared the roads to allow rescue and recovery workers to get through. Other roads have been closed to allow urgent repairs to be made.

Two Romanians and a Spaniard are among the 247 people known to have died in the earthquake, AP reports.

Spain’s foreign ministry said at least one Spanish citizen was among the dead. It gave no further details.

Earlier, Romania’s foreign ministry said two Romanians had died and eight are missing.

Ministry spokesman Ionut Valcu said another four Romanians were being treated for injuries in hospital. Romania consular officials have travelled to the area and are in touch with the families of those affected. Media reports say about 8,000 Romanians live in the area.

The Italian police have issued new aerial footage of Amatrice showing scores of homes reduced to rubble.

Italy’s ministry for culture and tourism announced that all the proceeds from state museums taken on Sunday will be donated to the earthquake relief effort.

Updated

Officials from the Lazio region have thanked the 1,500 people who have already donated blood for those wounded in the earthquake.

Around 100 firefighters accompanied 50 sniffer dogs continued the search for survivors in Amatrice on Thursday morning, writes the Guardian’s correspondent in the town, Oscar Lopez.

“The situation is still very dangerous,” said Lorenzo Boti, 59, who arrived from Rome yesterday evening. He reckoned about 15 survivors had been found alive overnight, including children. “There are no words when that happens. It’s an emotional feeling inside; it makes you feel alive.”

But Boti added: “I don’t like to count the number of dead bodies. There are so many children.” Boti’s team recovered the body of a toddler this morning and he said there would certainly be more to come.

“Many of these buildings are still very unstable,” Boti said. “The problem here is there are many different kinds of construction. The buildings in the old centre are medieval - they’re the most likely to fall.”

Cristobal Rodriguez, from a Spanish rescue organisation, arrived last night from Malaga with his dog Lula. His group went first to Accumoli but then left for the harder-hit Amatrice.

“Only 20% of that town was affected. Here it’s much worse,” he said. “Still, we are hopeful of finding more survivors.”

His colleague, Juan Manuel La Cueva, with his dog Blackie, are veterans of the rescue efforts of natural disasters in Haiti, the Philippines and Turkey.

Asked how the quake compared to other tragedies, he said: “It’s hard, it’s tragic. For Europe, this is very dramatic.

But he was convinced more survivors would be found, adding that dogs were only useful for about the first three days, as few victims can survive longer than that without water. “We will find them,” he said. “We’ll sleep when we’re back in Spain.”

A dog inspects a collapsed building during a search and rescue operation in Amatrice
A dog inspects a collapsed building during a search and rescue operation in Amatrice Photograph: Massimo Percossi/EPA

Italy’s civil protection agency said it was trying to determine how many people were staying in the Hotel Roma, Amatrice’s best-known accommodation, when it collapsed.

It had been feared that 70 people were in the hotel.

Since then Mayor Priozzi told RAI that the hotel had registered 32 guests at the time of the earthquake. So far four people have been from the rubble, and there maybe two more still buried alive, he said.

The mayor of Amatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, says he fears 200 people could have died in the town and up to 40 people are missing.

“Our heart is broken but will be resurrected” he told RAI News. He also said many of his friends were among the 190 confirmed dead in the town.

Pirozzi met prime minister Matteo Renzi on his visit to area on Wednesday. He said food had been dispatched to the town, but the relief and reconstruction effort needed money.

Italian premier Matteo Renzi talks to the mayor of Amatrice Sergio Pirozzi on a visit to the earthquake-hit town.
Italian premier Matteo Renzi talks to the mayor of Amatrice Sergio Pirozzi on a visit to the earthquake-hit town. Photograph: TIBERIO BARCHIELLI / CHIGI PALACE / HANDOUT/EPA

The BBC interviewed Sister Mariana in Amatrice who appears to be the same nun who featured in this enduring image of the disaster.

A nun checks her mobile phone following the earthquake in Amatrice
A nun checks her mobile phone following the earthquake in Amatrice as she sat next to a victim of the earthquake covered in a blanket. Photograph: Massimo Percossi/AP

We picked out Massimo Percossi’s photograph of the unnamed nun in Wednesday live blog and the image was widely featured in today’s papers, including on the front of the Telegraph.

The BBC did not mention whether the Sister Mariana it talked to was the same nun in the photograph, but she looks very similar. She also has a bandage over her eye in the same spot seen bleeding on the image of the wounded nun. Speaking in English she told the BBC’s James Reynolds: “When I realised what happened, I tried to hide myself underneath the bed, and then I went to ask help but no one heard me.”

The Spanish news agency EFE also spoke to a Sister Mariana. It said she is an Albanian nun who was working at the local nursing home in Amatrice. She said she was woken up by the tremors and immediately got dressed and hid under her bed.

Later the state broadcaster RAI reported that three dead bodies were pulled out of the convent in Amatrice.

Updated

City officials in Rome have set up collection points where people can donate supplies for the relief effort.

Here’s Guardian video of that 10-year-old girl being pulled from the rubble in Pescara del Tronto.

Rescuers pull young girl from rubble of Italy earthquake

Italy’s public assistance agency, Anpas, is providing tents near Amatrice for the hundreds of people displaced from their homes. There are almost 1,000 people forced from their homes in Umbria alone.

And the Red Cross has provide two field kitchens.

Updated

More accounts have emerged of how a 10-year-old girl was pulled from the remains of her destroyed home in Pescara del Tronto after more than 17 hours under the rubble.

According to AP, one rescue worker was heard to shout: “You can hear something under here. Quiet, quiet.” He then said: “Come on, Giulia, come on, Giulia.”

Cheers broke out when she emerged.

Sky TG24 has the footage.

Updated

Summary

Here’s a summary of how things currently stand almost 30 hours after the earthquake struck.

  • Italy’s civil protection agency said the death toll from the earthquake has risen sharply to 247 people from an overnight total of 159. A further 368 people are bring treated in hospital for injuries.
  • Officials said the death toll is likely to rise further. The number of people killed could yet surpass the last major earthquake to strike Italy in L’Aquilla in 2009 when more than 300 people were killed.
  • Rescue teams have begun a second day of trying to find survivors under the rubble after many worked through the night searching for signs of life. Overnight a 10-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble after being buried for more than 17 hours in the hill town of Pescara del Tronto.
  • Two power aftershocks, registered at magnitudes 5.1 and 5.4, hampered rescue efforts.
  • An appeal for blood donations has prompted many Italians to queue outside blood transfusion centres.
  • Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, said his Cabinet would meet on Thursday to decide measures to help the affected communities. “Today is a day for tears, tomorrow we can talk of reconstruction,” he told reporters late on Wednesday.

Italians queue to give blood

Italians have been queuing up to give blood after an appeal by health authorities and the Italian Red Cross.

Would be donors from across Italy were urged to “plan their donation by contacting their local transfusion service” to avoid shortages, according to the Ansa press agency.

The Lazio region thanked 200 people lining up to give blood just after dawn at the Umberto I hospital in Rome.

Updated

Italy, in particular the south of the country, is prone to earthquakes, because it lies close to the fault line where the Eurasian and African plates meet, constantly grinding and grating against each other, creating seismic tension that is relieved by major quakes. Italy’s major volcanoes, such as Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius, all lie close to this fault.

As well, Italy’s landmass has a series of smaller fault lines, in particular along the Apennine Mountains which run north-to-south along the ‘spine’ of the country. There are a number of faults along this range, which regularly rupture causing smaller quakes.

Wednesday’s earthquake came 1937 years - believed to be to the day - since Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum in tonnes of ash in one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in European history.

A 2009, 6.3 magnitude quake hit the Aquia region, about 90 kilometres south of this week’s event, in 2009. More than 300 were people were killed.

That catastrophe led to significant recriminations over lax building controls and the negligence of authorities who failed to warn residents a major earthquake could be imminent.

Two violent earthquakes within 10 days in northern Italy’s Emilia Romagna region in May 2012 left 23 people dead and 14,000 homeless.

Italy’s deadliest earthquake since the turn of the 20th century was in 1908, when 80,000 people were killed in the southern regions of Reggio Calabria and Sicily by an earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami.

Amatrice, one of the town’s worst hit by Wednesday’s devastating earthquake, is famous as the birthplace of spaghetti all’amatriciana, a pasta dish with a tomato-based sauce flavoured with guanciale, or cured pork cheek.

Food blogger Paolo Campana has launched a novel fund-raising effort to help the stricken area, asking that two euros from every plate of spaghetti all’amatriciana sold at Italian restaurants around the world be donated to the earthquake recovery effort.

The US Geological Survey has reported that an aftershock was felt overnight near Norcia in central Italy.

The magnitude was 4.7 with the epicentre about 7km east of Norcia, with a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). The latest temblor struck at about 5:40 am Thursday.

Norcia, which is about 170 kilometers (105 miles) north-west of Rome, is north of the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli levelled by the quake on Wednesday.

Death toll reaches 247, say authorities

The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 247, according to Associated Press.

It says Italy’s civil protection agency gave the updated figure early on Thursday, about 27 hours after the earthquake struck. __

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi struck a resolute tone after visiting some of the places hardest hit by the earthquake.

Right now we feel terrible pain. Italy is a family that has been hit and struck, but we are not going to be stopped. From tomorrow and in the next few months we’ll work on this [reconstruction]. But now, this is a time to pray and shed tears; a moment for respect and pain for all Italians for this huge shock.

18 hours after the quake struck, a girl is pulled alive from the rubble of Amatrice.

Updated

Italy and further afield are fundraising for the earthquake response effort in Amatrice by cooking its signature dish.

The town, one of the worst-hit in Wednesday’s quake, is known for its spaghetti all’Amatriciana: a pasta dish with a tomato-based sauce flavoured with guanciale, or cured pork cheek.

In response to the disaster, Italian restaurants have put the dish on their menu and pledged to donate €2 from each sale to the Italian Red Cross.

According to CNN’s report, more than 600 restaurants are taking part in the so-called “#Amatriciana” initiative.

This map, tweeted by the ABC’s London bureau chief, shows the difficulties authorities are having in reaching the areas affected by the earthquake.

This 53-second clip by Sky News’ Mark Stone in Amatrice, one of the worst-hit towns, shows what that process looks like on the ground: a crane working its way up what Stone describes as a “tiny, tiny road”.

“They’re trying to get whatever equipment they can from the larger towns down the larger roads and then up these tiny lanes into these small towns so that they can continue the recovery work.”

The US president Barack Obama has extended his “deepest condolences” to Italy on behalf of the American people. The White House issued a press release late on Wednesday, confirming that the president had spoken by phone with the Italian president Sergio Mattarella:

President Obama saluted the quick action of first responders and volunteers who have been working to save lives. Reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Italy, the President underscored that the United States stands ready to provide any assistance needed during this difficult time.”

The US provides no development assistance to Italy, but the two cooperate closely on major economic issues, including within the G8. The US is one of Italy’s most significant trade partners, with two-way trade totalling over US $60bn last year.

Summary

I’m handing over of continuing coverage of the earthquake in Italy now. Here’s a summary of events so far:

  • At least 159 people have been killed in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday. There’s been widespread damage to parts of italy, with the town of Amatrice suffering major damage. There are also 368 people who have been injured.
  • A major search a rescue effort will continue into the night in Italy. The Italian prime minister has said he will commit all available resources to the aftermath of the quake.

The town of Amatrice was planning to hold one of their biggest celebrations of the year just a few days from now. Here’s an AP report outlining some of the background of the town:

In three days, the rugged residents of the medieval Italian hill town of Amatrice had planned to hold one of their most joyful events of the year: the 50th edition of a food festival celebrating their beloved Amatriciana pasta dish, which is made from local ingredients.

Instead, they will now be mourning the dozens dead from a strong earthquake that trapped residents in their homes as they slept.

Due to the upcoming food festival, known as a sagra, there was an influx of visitors to the town, so it was very hard to know how many people were sleeping Wednesday morning in Amatrice when the quake struck at 3:36 a.m.

The mayor said about 70 people had been staying in the Hotel Roma, a town landmark that has a restaurant which serves the famous pasta dish. Rescue workers pulled five bodies from the rubble of the hotel but had to halt rescue operations late Wednesday night because it was too dangerous working in the dark.

Roberto Renzi said he was sleeping “soundly and most tranquilly” when he was jostled awake by the 6.2-magnitude tremor. He said he instantly knew this quake was far, far worse than the “little movements” locals are used to in this quake-prone belt straddling Italy’s rocky Apennines mountains.

His three-story house and the one next to it miraculously remained standing, but the door to his third-floor bedroom was jammed by the quake.

He grabbed a fire stoker and pried the door open and ran with his wife to the safety of the street. Renzi said a woman who owns a bed and breakfast across the street escaped by knotting bed sheets and climbing down her building.

Some people never made it out of their beds at all. Dozens are dead in Amatrice amid an overall toll of at least 120 people killed and over 360 injured in the region by the quake, according to Italy’s prime minister.

And the death toll could rise as rescuers with sniffer dogs prepared to work through the night, checking house after house that had collapsed into mounds of dust and twisted metal.

Here’s some more of the shocking images coming out of Amatrice.

One reader has sent in this harrowing account of the moment the quake struck:

It was exactly 3.37 am. We live about 45 km away in Belmonte Piceno, Le Marche. The first tremor lasted for maybe 20-30 seconds, growing in intensity before subsiding. Our house, reconstructed 12 years ago, was built to withstand earthquakes but still wobbled and shook like a jelly!...It was pretty nerve racking and when the second tremor came around, although shorter and less intense, the house began shaking once again. At this point we debated whether or not to sleep in the car (my wife’s idea) but after the second tremor nothing further of any note was felt and decided to stay in the house...Needless to say none of got any sleep after 3.37!

This before and after gallery shows the devastating toll the quake has taken on some of the towns in central Italy. The towns of Amatrice and Arquata del Tronto were among those struck the worst by the quake, and where a number of reports of injuries and deaths are continuing to emerge.

Italy’s emergency service has been posting a series of images and videos that show the massive search and rescue effort underway. It shows them working to remove young children from the rubble and debris. Here’s some of what they’ve been posting:

Updated

Just to provide some further context for the quake and how it occurred, The US Geological survey has a summary available that sets out some of the details. As it also notes, the location is quite close to another extensive quake that occurred in 2009 which caused widespread damage:

The August 24, 2016 M 6.2 earthquake southeast of Norcia, Italy, occurred as the result of shallow normal faulting on a NW-SE oriented fault in the Central Apennines. The Apennines is a mountain range that runs from the Gulf of Taranto in the south to the southern edge of the Po basin in northern Italy. Geologically, the Apennines is largely an accretionary wedge formed as a consequence of subduction. This region is tectonically and geologically complex, involving both subduction of the Adria micro-plate beneath Eurasia and the Apennines from east to west, continental collision between the Eurasia and Nubia (Africa) plates building the Alpine mountain belt further to the north and the opening of the Tyrrhenian basin to the west. The evolution of this system has caused the expression of all different tectonic styles acting at the same time in a broad region surrounding Italy and the central Mediterranean. The August 24, 2016 normal faulting earthquake is an intraplate event, an expression of the east-west extensional tectonics that now dominate along the Apennine belt, primarily a response to the Tyrrhenian basin opening faster than the compression between the Eurasia and Nubia (Africa) plates.

The central Apennine region has experienced several significant earthquakes in recorded history. In September 1997, a Mw 6.0 earthquake 50 km north-northwest of the August 24, 2016 event killed 11, injured over 100 and destroyed approximately 80,000 homes in the Marche and Umbria regions.

This drone footage gives a sense of the scale of damage in Amatrice, one of the towns closest to the epicentre of the quake. It’s extraordinary footage and shows the dozens of homes and buildings reduced to rubble.

Summary

Welcome to our continuing coverage of events in Italy following a 6.2 magnitude quake. A major search and rescue effort is still underway in central Italy now, where the epicentre of the quake was located.
Here’s a short summary of events at the moment:

  • The death toll in Italy continues to rise following the devastating earthquake. At least 159 people have been killed and more than 368 have been injured.
  • Towns in central Italy have experienced widespread devastation. The mayor of Amatrice said that half of the town “isn’t here anymore”.
  • The prime minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, is set to visit some of the areas most affected by the quake, and said he would mobilise resources as quickly as possible to continue the search and rescue effort.
  • The US geological survey said this was the largest quake in Italy since 2009.

Updated

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