Abruzzo region News

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled central Italy early on Monday, Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology reported.

Five people have been confirmed dead at the hotel demolished by an avalanche in central Italy this week, and nine survivors have been pulled from the rubble, the national fire service said on Saturday.

A huge avalanche swallowed up a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the area, burying up to 30 people under tonnes of snow and debris, officials said on Thursday.