[caption id="attachment_113667" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] Rescuers help a victim in a damaged building after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours, which has killed at least three people and devastated dozens of mountain villages. Numerous buildings had collapsed in communities close to the epicenter of the quake near the town of Norcia in the region of Umbria, witnesses told Italian media, with an increase in the death toll highly likely. / AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113668" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] Rescuers and residents search for victims among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113669" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] Rescuers help a woman among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113670" align="aligncenter" width="2464"] Rescuers search for victims among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113672" align="aligncenter" width="2464"] A resident carries a pram among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113674" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] A woman is helped from her damaged home after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113675" align="aligncenter" width="2464"] Residents help each other among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113676" align="aligncenter" width="2464"] Rescuers search for victims in damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113678" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] Policemen walk past damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption] [caption id="attachment_113680" align="aligncenter" width="3696"] Rescuers and residents search for victim among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016.AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE[/caption]