Don't just mitigate natural disasters, but also prevent them - Mattarella on Friuli

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 6 - Authorities should not only mitigate the effects of natural disasters but also prevent them, President Sergio Mattarella said on the 50th anniversary of the May 6, 1976 earthquake in Friuli that killed 990 people, injured 30,000 more and left over 157,000 homeless. "We must not limit ourselves to mitigating the effects of natural disasters, but must, as far as possible, prevent them," said Mattarella in Gemona, the town close to the epicentre that was devastated 50 year...

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