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At least 23 people have been killed in the Italian city of Genoa after a bridge collapsed, with the debris from an 80m section of the Morandi Bridge being described by eyewitnesses as an apocalypse. A violent and sudden storm is believed to have caused the collapse, with about 30 vehicles on the bridge as it fell roughly 100m on to rail tracks below. Italys president, Sergio Mattarella, has expressed his condolences to families of victims and said: A serious investigation into the cause of what happened must follow. No authority can evade an exercise of full responsibility.
The disaster occurred on a major artery to…
Read the full article at: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/15/morning-mail-bridge-disaster-in-italy-robo-debt-anger-and-outrage-at-senate-speech