The Hotel Rigopiano near the Gran Sasso mountains was buried by an avalanche and moved 70 meters from it’s original place. There were up to 30 people including guests and staff in the hotel at the time and all are considered missing at this time. The owner of the hotel, Roberto and his staff are friends of the Ginoble family and Ercole and Gianluca expressed their concern for their safety yesterday.

Ercole said yesterday, “We are strong.” And Gianluca pleaded, “Help! Abruzzo is on it’s knees.”

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Thank you for this information, Daniela

Earthquake in Central Italy – Gianluca Ginoble Il Volo: “I have no words, just scared”

The earth is shaking Tonata Center in Italy. By the end of 2016 we were hoping to be left behind these tragic events, at least for a while ‘. At 10.24 to 11.14 and 11.25, today, however, there were three strong earthquakes in one hour, all above magnitude 5, all in centr’Italia, between L’Aquila and Rieti, still near Amatrice. This time were felt clearly even in Rome to Florence and Naples.

To experience first hand this new terrible event was also Gianluca Ginoble . The singer of The Flight was one of the millions of Italians who felt the earth shake and like many of his countrymen, he expressed his emotions on social networks.