Italy is stronger than any earthquake, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has declared, on a visit to Camerino, one of the town’s hit by two earthquakes on Wednesday in the centre of the country. <br /><br /> Meeting officials and emergency workers, the Italian leader pledged that the thousands of people left homeless by the disaster would not have to live in tents during the winter. <br /><br /> “Italy is wounded but will not be bowed. It’s impossible to imagine living in a tent during the winter. Our real goal is not even to set up a tent city, we will see in the coming days how we need to proceed,” Renzi said. <br /><br /> Rome has set aside 40 million euros for immediate costs related to the tremors, vowing to rebuild the affected areas. <br /><br /> But some residents fear the government will fail to deliver on its promises, just like in previous earthquake disasters such as L’Aquila. <br /><br /> “I am not moving from here, that is for certain. My home is here, somehow I will organise myself, either with or without the government,” one local resident said. <br /><br /> While rescue crews continue to search the rubble, nobody is thought have been killed by the two earthquakes on Wednesday evening, something Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano described as ‘‘miraculous’‘<br /><br /> The first earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, struck near Visso in central Macerata province, followed by a larger 6.1 magnitude tremor 2 hours later.<br />
