Word: zamberletti
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...have no more hope of finding anyone else alive," said Civil Defense Minister Giuseppe Zamberletti on Friday night. He was wrong. After working through the night, rescue workers pulled two people alive from the debris Saturday morning, though one died later that day. By week's end 170 bodies had been recovered and at least 50 people were still considered missing. The bodies were taken to a temporary morgue at a schoolhouse in a nearby town, where many had to be hosed down to be cleaned of thick mud. So many were so badly mutilated that only 84 could...
...arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter and causing a disaster. Authorities summoned 60 people for questioning about operations at the two dams and the apparent failure to inspect the structures properly. Investigators suspect the wash basins behind the dams had been expanded illegally, making the surrounding earth unstable. Giuseppe Zamberletti, Italy's Minister of Civil Defense, declared the disaster was "not linked to natural factors but obviously due to actions and omissions...
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