Genoa bridge collapse: in pictures
Dozens died when the Morandi motorway bridge that connects Genoa to most of the rest of northern Italy collapsed during a storm around noon on Tuesday.
At this time more than three dozen people are confirmed dead, and including three children.
Photographers at the scene of the collapsed bridge shared images of the disaster.
The first images of the collapsed bridge provided by the Italian police show the viaduct in the mist with a huge chunk missing. Photo: Handout / Italian Police / AFP
This general view taken on August 15, 2018, shows abandoned vehicles on the Morandi motorway bridge the day after a section collapsed. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Part of the A10 freeway which collapsed Tuesday fell on to the road below, crushing vehicles beneath. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A view from the road below the A10 freeway, which the viaduct collapsed onto. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
An Italian fire and rescue service helicopter flies over the site of the collapsed bridge. Photo: Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
People look at the destroyed Morandi motorway bridge from a distance. Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
A piece of the A10 freeway, part of the Morandi Bridge, lies on its side on the ground. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP.
Rubble and debris from the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge is seen strewn along the railway line. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
The front cabin of a truck that fell from the collapsed section of the A10 freeway lies overturned. Photo: Andrea Leoni / AFP
Rescuers and police stand near a vehicle caught in the debris of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Rescuers and security forces inspect the wreckage of a vehicle at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A helicopter flies among the wreckage of the collapsed bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFPX
A rescuer of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire and rescue service, walks near the broken Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Piero Cruciatti / AFP
Rescuers and security forces evacuate a body at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A cordon is set up as people stand looking at the Morandi motorway bridge. Piero Cruciatti / AFP
Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci speaks on a mobile as he walks at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A child points at the missing section of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, which collapsed onto a railway track on Tuesday. Photo: Piero Cruciatti / AFPX
A Catholic priest walks past rescue vehicles close to the scene of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A green truck driven had a narrow escape, managing to come to a halt just in front of the collapsed part of the road. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Rescuers and police gather to inspect the rubble and wreckage by the Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
Italian rescuers climb onto the rubble of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge searching for victims and survivors. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, seen here exiting his car, visits the site of the disaster scene after a section of the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed earlier in the day on August 14, 2018. Photo: Andrea Leoni / AFP
Rescuers use floodlights to inspect the rubble and search for survivors by the Morandi motorway bridge on the night of August 14, 2018. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
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At this time more than three dozen people are confirmed dead, and including three children.
Photographers at the scene of the collapsed bridge shared images of the disaster.
The first images of the collapsed bridge provided by the Italian police show the viaduct in the mist with a huge chunk missing. Photo: Handout / Italian Police / AFP
This general view taken on August 15, 2018, shows abandoned vehicles on the Morandi motorway bridge the day after a section collapsed. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Part of the A10 freeway which collapsed Tuesday fell on to the road below, crushing vehicles beneath. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A view from the road below the A10 freeway, which the viaduct collapsed onto. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
An Italian fire and rescue service helicopter flies over the site of the collapsed bridge. Photo: Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
People look at the destroyed Morandi motorway bridge from a distance. Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
A piece of the A10 freeway, part of the Morandi Bridge, lies on its side on the ground. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP.
Rubble and debris from the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge is seen strewn along the railway line. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
The front cabin of a truck that fell from the collapsed section of the A10 freeway lies overturned. Photo: Andrea Leoni / AFP
Rescuers and police stand near a vehicle caught in the debris of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Rescuers and security forces inspect the wreckage of a vehicle at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A helicopter flies among the wreckage of the collapsed bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFPX
A rescuer of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire and rescue service, walks near the broken Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Piero Cruciatti / AFP
Rescuers and security forces evacuate a body at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A cordon is set up as people stand looking at the Morandi motorway bridge. Piero Cruciatti / AFP
Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci speaks on a mobile as he walks at the site where the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A child points at the missing section of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, which collapsed onto a railway track on Tuesday. Photo: Piero Cruciatti / AFPX
A Catholic priest walks past rescue vehicles close to the scene of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
A green truck driven had a narrow escape, managing to come to a halt just in front of the collapsed part of the road. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Rescuers and police gather to inspect the rubble and wreckage by the Morandi motorway bridge. Photo: Federico Scoppa / AFP
Italian rescuers climb onto the rubble of the collapsed Morandi motorway bridge searching for victims and survivors. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, seen here exiting his car, visits the site of the disaster scene after a section of the Morandi motorway bridge collapsed earlier in the day on August 14, 2018. Photo: Andrea Leoni / AFP
Rescuers use floodlights to inspect the rubble and search for survivors by the Morandi motorway bridge on the night of August 14, 2018. Photo: Valery Hache / AFP
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