Colleen Barry, Author at Greenfield Recorder

People walk in an almost empty St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, Monday.

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Italy expands lockdown, Israel tightens entry to halt virus

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Adam Geller Associated PressMarch 9, 2020

SOAVE, Italy — The battle to halt the coronavirus brought sweeping new restrictions Monday, with Italy expanding a travel ban to the entire country, Israel ordering all visitors quarantined just weeks before Passover and Easter, and Spain closing all…

A man holds up a phone during a video call to show a flooded alley outside a shop in Venice on Friday.

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Historic flooding highlights Venice’s vulnerability

by Colleen Barry Associated PressNovember 15, 2019

High water floods the inside of St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. The high-water mark hit 187 centimeters (74 inches) late Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 194 centimeters (76 inches) during infamous flooding in 1966. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Luca Bruno Associated PressNovember 13, 2019

Migrants who jumped off the Spanish humanitarian rescue ship Open Arms are rescued after a desperate bid to reach the shore of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, tantalizingly near after 19 days blocked on board in deteriorating conditions by Italy's refusal to open its ports, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. After one migrant jumped ship earlier in the day and was rescued by the Italian coast guard, nine more launched themselves into the sea wearing orange life vests, Open Arms said that the Italian coast guard managed to rescue all nine of the later group, but it was not immediately clear if they would also be taken to land. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

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Italian prosecutor orders migrant rescue ship evacuated

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressAugust 20, 2019

A view of the Raganello Gorge in Civita, Italy, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. Italy’s civil protection agency says at least five people have been killed when a rain-swollen river flooded a gorge in the southern region of Calabria. The Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday that 12 people were brought to safety in the flash flood. It was unclear how many people were missing. The flood hit a group of hikers in the Raganello Gorge. (Antonio Iannicelli/ANSA via AP)

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Flash flood hits hikers in gorge in southern Italy; 8 dead

by Colleen Barry Associated PressAugust 20, 2018

Rescuers work to recover an injured person after the Morandi highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday.

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Italian bridge collapse sends cars plunging, killing 26

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Danica Kirka Associated PressAugust 14, 2018

Italian Paramedics a wounded man after a shooting broke out in Macerata, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. A lone gunman opened fire on foreigners in drive-by shootings in a central Italian city, wounding an undisclosed number of people Saturday morning before being arrested, police said. The suspect’s motive wasn’t immediately clear, but the city of Macerata is still reeling from the gruesome killing of a young Italian woman this week, allegedly at the hands of a Nigerian immigrant. (Guido Picchio/ANSA via AP)

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Hitler book, supremacist flag found in Italy suspect’s home

by Colleen Barry Associated PressFebruary 4, 2018

Rescue teams help passenger out of a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10.

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Italian train derails near Milan, 3 dead, many injured

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressJanuary 25, 2018

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 three puppies stay close to each other at the Hotel Rigopiano, near Farindola, central Italy, a day before an avalanche buried the hotel. Emergency crews digging into an avalanche-slammed hotel were cheered Monday by the discovery of three puppies who had survived for days under tons of snow, giving them new hope for the 23 people still missing in the disaster. (Marisa Basilavecchia via AP)

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Rescue of puppies gives emergency workers hope

by Paolo Santalucia Associated Press, and Colleen Barry Associated PressJanuary 23, 2017

This frame from video shows Italian firefighters extracting a boy alive from under snow and debris of an hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday.

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‘Miracle underway’: Rescuers save avalanche survivors

by Paolo Santalucia Associated Press, Gregorio Borgia Associated Press, and Colleen Barry Associated PressJanuary 20, 2017