Death Toll Climbs, Aftershocks Rattle Italy following Quake

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Parts of Italy suffered from another aftershock Thursday afternoon, while the death toll climbed to at least 250 from a massive earthquake there Wednesday.

An aftershock of a 4.3 magnitude forced workers to retreat from the buildings and sent a large dust cloud into the air.

At least 365 people are reported injured and an unknown number are still trapped in the rubble and remains of buildings.

The earthquake's magnitude was reportedly 6.2 and caused about 470 aftershocks across different areas that shook Umbria, Lazio and Le Marche, which are located 80 to 100 miles northeast of Rome. 

Natives of Italy account for the majority of those who died in the natural disaster. However, people from Spain and Rome have been found among the dead.

"Unfortunately, 90 percent we pull out are dead, but some make it, that's why we are here," said Christian Bianchetti, a volunteer working in the town of Amatrice.

Tent cities have been set up around the towns struck by the quake to give residents temporary housing.

About 350 are now left homeless in the town of Amatrice.

"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," said civil protection volunteer, Tiziano De Carolis.

Firefighters are escorting people back to their homes.The three hardest-hit central Italian towns have been declared uninhabitable by the rescue crews.

"In a country where in the past 40 years there have been at least eight devastating earthquakes ... the only lesson we have learned is to save lives after the fact," columnist Sergio Rizzo wrote in Thursday's Corriere della Sera. "We are far behind in the other lessons."

Some experts in Italy have said some of the buildings do not meet the necessary standards and that criminal charges are often filed against architects, builders and officials if the building crumbles.

Meanwhile the search for survivors continues.

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