Devastating earthquake hits central Italy

Firefighters retrieve a painting from a church in the small town of Rio, near Amatrice, Italy on Aug. 28, 2016.

A cross made with ladders and firefighter helmets is placed inside a tent during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole at a tent camp set up as a temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Arquata Del Tronto, near Amatrice, Italy on Aug. 28, 2016.

Players observe a minute of silence to remember the victims of the earthquake in Italy prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match FC Inter vs US Palermo at Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy on Aug. 28, 2016.

A volunteer serves dishes of spaghetti all'amatriciana during a charity event in Piazza San Carlo in Turin, on Aug. 28, 2016, whose profits are to help the population hit by the quake in central Italy. More than 700 Italian restaurants have added spaghetti all'amatriciana to their menus in solidarity with the victims of an earthquake that destroyed the birthplace of the famous pasta dish. Chefs around the world are being urged to follow suit after the Slow Food movement threw its weight behind the idea, with British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver also backing the idea and urging customers to #EatForItaly.

A child plays in a tent camp in Amatrice, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2016.

Hairdresser Andrea Di Larducci, left, styles Maria Di Pasquale Antonio's hair at a tent camp for displaced people in Amatrice, Italy, Aug. 28, 2016.

The coffin of 9-year-old Giulia is carried outside at the end of a mass funeral Aug. 27, 2016, for some of the victims of the earthquake that devastated central Italy on Aug. 24, in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.

Four relatives of a victim embrace each other before a mass funeral in Ascoli Piceno.

Firefighters inspect the rubble and debris in the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on Saturday.

Firefighters recover paintings, Saturday, from a collapsed house in Amatrice, central Italy, where a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck just after 3:30 a.m., on Wednesday.

Clergy process during the state funeral service, Saturday, in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. As Italians observed a day of national mourning, President Sergio Mattarella and Premier Matteo Renzi joined grieving family members for a state funeral for 35 of the 290 people killed in Wednesday’s quake.

talian Premier Matteo Renzi, right, embraces the Mayor of Arquata del Tronto Aleandro Petrucci during the mass funera in Ascoli Piceno.

Rubble covers coffins in the collapsed Sant Angelo's cemetery, near Amatrice, on Saturday.

People attend a mass funeral service for victims in a chapel in Ascoli Piceno.

Two girls embrace each other in Ascoli Piceno, as they wait for the start of a mass funeral for some of the victims of the earthquake that devastated central Italy on Aug. 24, 2016.

Italy's President Sergio MatTarella, center, looks on next to a firefighter as he visits the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on Friday, three days after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 281 people.

Emergency service personnel walks with his rescue dog next to volunteers participating in rescue operation near rubble and debris of a destroyed building marked with a security cordon and a excavator in the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on Aug. 26, 2016 two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing about 250 people.

Rescue and emergency services personnel look at the damaged Romolo Capranica school in the central Italian village of Amatrice two days after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region.

Strong aftershocks rattled residents and rescue crews alike in the village of Saletta in central Italy, Friday as hopes began to dim that firefighters would find any more survivors as donations began pouring into the area and Italy again anguished over its failure to protect ancient towns and modern cities from the country's highly seismic terrain.

An earthquake survivor is carried on a wheel chair in a tent camp set up as a temporary shelter following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

Emergency team members help setting up a tent camp for earthquake victims at a sports field in Borgo, near Arquata del Tronto, Marche region, Italy.

Firefighters work amid the rubble in Pescara del Tronto, Marche region, central Italy, two days after the powerful earthquake that has killed hundreds.

An aerial view of the village of Pescara del Tronto in central Italy after a strong earthquake that claimed at least 247 lives. Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours of August 24, that shook central Italy and the death toll rose to 247 on August 25, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings after Wednesday's pre-dawn quake.

Rescue and emergency service personnel use an excavator to search for victims under the remains of a building at the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice.

Cars sit amidst the rubble from earthquake damaged buildings in the central Italian village of Pescara del Tronto a day after a magnitude of between 6.0 and 6.2. earthquake struck.

Damaged houses are pictured in Pescara del Tronto a day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region.

Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses following Wednesday's earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

A firefighter marks a house with paint signaling the end of a search following Wednesday's earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

A firefighter observes the rubble of a collapsed building in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Firefighters at work to save people from the rubble of a collapsed building in Amatrice, central Italy.

A policeman and his dog, Leo, at work on the rubble of a collapsed building in Pescara del Tronto, center of Italy, 25 August 2016. The provisional death toll from 24 August's earthquake in central Italy has risen to 247, the civil protection agency said on 25 August.

A search dog team works in the remains of a building that collapsed after being struck by an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy.

Police officers view the remains of a building that was destroyed during an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy. The death toll in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck around the Umbria region of Italy in the early hours of Wednesday morning has risen to at least 247 as thousands of rescuers continue to search for survivors.

Rescue and emergency services personnel search for victims with a dog in the central Italian village of Amatrice, on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy.

People prepare to spend the night in a tent camp following an earthquake near Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

Rescuers search through debris the evening following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

Volunteers pause to rest during search and rescue operations in Amatrice.

A woman is comforted as she cries following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy.

A man stands among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit central Italy in Amatrice on Aug. 24.

A man stands on top of a damaged car in Amatrice after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy.

Residents search for victims in the rubble after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice.

A resident is helped among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice.

A resident carries a pram among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice.

Firemen and rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Amatrice after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy.

The body of a victim is pulled out of the rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice.

A man is pulled out of the rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice Italy.

A man is rescued from the rubble of a building after an earthquake, in Accumoli, Italy.

A woman is carried on a stretcher by rescuers in Amatrice, Italy.

Rescuers are seen working in the rubble of collapsed and damaged houses in the village of Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

A woman holds a child as they stand in the street following an earthquake, in Amatrice, Italy.

A man leans on a wall as the collapsed village of Pescara del Tronto, central Italy.

An injured woman is carried by rescuers amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in Amatrice, central Italy.

Two residents hug each other next to collapsed and damaged houses in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Homes in Pescara del Tronto are damaged and destroyed by an earthquake.

Rescuers and firemen inspect the rubble of buildings in Amatrice on August 24, 2016 after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country's civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. Scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry in communities close to the epicenter of the pre-dawn quake in a remote area straddling the regions of Umbria, Marche and Lazio.

A sign bearing the name of a square under rubble in the Italian village of Accumoli, after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy. The earthquake left 38 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country's civil protection unit said in the first official death toll.

Firemen and rescuers search a destroyed house in Accumoli, on August 24, 2016 after a strong earthquake hit central Italy.

Residents and rescuers look through damaged buildings in the town of Amatrice, central Italy, after an earthquake, Aug. 24, 2016.

Collapsed buildings and rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that as many as 50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.

An injured woman is carried by rescuers in Amatrice, central Italy, where a 6.1 earthquake struck just after 3:30 a.m.

Rescuers search amid rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 24, 2016. A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that as many as 50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.

Rescuers stand by a collapsed house following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 24, 2016.

Police officers search amid rubble following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 24, 2016.

Residents and rescuers walk among the damaged buildings in the town of Amatrice, central Italy, after an earthquake, Aug. 24, 2016.

Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble of the town of Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 24, 2016 following an earthquake. A strong earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept.

An injured man awaits treatment in Amatrice, Italy, 24 August 2016, following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey, that struck at around 3:30 am local time.

Rescuers look for missing people amid the rubble of collapsed buildings in Amatrice, Italy.

People search for people in a collapsed house in Fonte del Campo near Accumoli, Italy, 24 August 2016, following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake.

A car lies under a damaged wall after a strong quake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.

Residents stand next to damaged buildings.

Residents carry an injured victim from a damaged building after a strong quake hit Amatrice.

A man reacts after a strong heathquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016. Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours.

Rescuers and residents clear debris in search for victims in damaged homes after a strong quake hit Amatrice.

A man is carried among damaged homes.

Rescuers clear debris while searching for victims in damaged buildings after a strong earhtquake hit Amatrice, Italy Wednesday morning.

First aid is provided to people who were injured in an earthquake that rattled a hospital in Amatrice, Italy. Amatrice, a town in central Italy, was hit with a destructive 6.2 magnitude earthquake early Wednesday morning.

Damaged buildings are seen after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice Wednesday. Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours, which has killed at least three people and devastated dozens of mountain villages.

Rescuers help a victim in a damaged building after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice Wednesday morning.

A fireman gestures next to damaged buildings Wednesday morning. after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice.

Rescuers search for victims in damaged buildings Wednesday morning after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice

Rescuers, with the help of a dog, search for victims in damaged buildings Wednesday morning after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice.

Residents stand among damaged buildings Wednesday after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice.

Policemen walk past damaged buildings Wednesday morning after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice.

Rescuers search for victims among the rubble of a house in Amatrice.