Strong Earthquake with Italy - L'Aquila

An aerial view shows the aftermath of the earthquake near the Italian city of L'Aquila April 8, 2009. Italy prepared on Wednesday to begin burying some of the 260 people killed in medieval towns flattened by a quake, while rescuers hampered by aftershocks hunted for people who may be buried alive in rubble.REUTERS

A view of a collapsed medieval stone Medicean tower in the village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, near L'Aquila, central Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Aftershocks from the earthquake that has killed at least 260 people in central Italy sent new fears through the tent camps that shelter thousands of survivors, and Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he would visit the shocked and injured people of the area as soon as possible. Italy's powerful earthquake Monday damaged churches, palaces and and medieval towers in a region devastated repeatedly by quakes in past centuries.