Rescuers In Italy Search For Survivors After Bridge Collapse

Published August 14, 2018 at 12:06 PM EDT

At least 22 people are dead after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, during a storm. About a dozen cars were likely on the bridge at the time and rescue workers are searching through piles of debris for survivors.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli (@spoggioli1).

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