Efforts by rescuers in central Italy are underway to move excavators, cranes, and bulldozers into the villages affected by the earthquake that struck near Amatrice.
The efforts are being hampered, however, by the steep and narrow roads and the damage to the infrastructure and resulting debris and rubble from the disaster, which has now claimed the lives of more than 200 people.
In a 53-second clip by Sky News [click here], an excavator makes slow progress as it works its way up a windy road in Amatrice.
Sky correspondent, Marks Stone reports: “They’re trying to get whatever equipment they can from the larger towns down the larger roads, and then up these tiny lanes into these small towns, so that they can continue the recovery work.”
