(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ROME, Jan 19 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Embassy in Rome called Thursday on all Kuwaiti nationals in Italy to take precautions and abide by all safety measures for their own safety after the avalanche quake.
In a statement received by KUNA, the embassy's call comes in light of the aftermath of the quake and ice storms sweeping the nation, calling on all nationals not to head to isolated areas or snow camps, and to take all necessary measures to ensure their safety.
The embassy also called on the Kuwaiti nationals to keep in touch with Kuwaiti mission in Rome and report on any eventuality or developments relating to their safety via the following emergency phone No: Emergency Line: 0039 3428598765 Embassy Line: 0039 068088930 Earlier, some 30 people have perished when a quake-triggered avalanche demolished a hotel located on a hill of Gran Saso Mountain in the nation's heartland, Relief organizations' officials told the local media that prospects of finding any survivors under heaps of the wrecked building were nil.
There were two children among those trapped under the rubble.
Some 300,000 people have been without power since a fiery earthquake hit the central regions yesterday. (end) mn.mb
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