There could still be as many as 20 people under the rubble of the collapsed highway bridge in Genoa, in addition to the 38 already confirmed dead, the chief prosecutor of the northern Italian city said Thursday. Searchers have been combing through tonnes of concrete and other debris since the bridge collapsed in a violent rainstorm on Tuesday. Chief prosecutor Francesco Cozzi told reporters "there could be 10 to 20 persons still missing." Sonia Noci, Genoa firefighters' spokesperson, said Thursday the search and rescue operations will continue until all those people listed as missing are found. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini leaves the site of the collapsed Morandi Bridge on Wednesday.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2018 12:00 UTC