Search resumes for 1 missing in Italy's second deadly May quake, Monti promises reconstruction
MIRANDOLA, Italy - Rescue workers are searching for one person still unaccounted for in the second deadly earthquake to hit northern Italy's Emilia region this month.
Sixteen people were killed Tuesday in the magnitude-5.8 temblor that felled old buildings as well as new factories and warehouses in a swath of Italy north of Bologna. The quake, which followed a May 20 magnitude-6.0 quake in the same area, dealt another blow to one of the country's most productive regions at a time when Italy is struggling to restart its anemic economy.
Premier Mario Monti has promised the government would do whatever is necessary to rebuild a region so important to the country's economic health. He was chairing a Cabinet meeting early Wednesday aimed at directing reconstruction assistance to the area.
