100 trapped and eight dead as landslide sweeps through town burying houses
A TOTAL of 100 people have been left trapped under the rubble and eight have died after a landslide swept through a town on an Italian holiday island.
Another thirteen people are missing after the landslide, caused by heavy rain, buried houses on the island of Ischia, near Naples.The catastrophic landslide caused damage to buildings in CasamicciolaInfrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said on Saturday: "There are eight people dead in the Ischia landslide. Rescuers are working in difficult conditions.
The Italian fire brigade tweeted that a rainstorm that started at 4am caused flooding and landslides on the island. "Searches are underway for any missing people" in Casamicciola Terme, one of the six small towns of Ischia, a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea about 18.64 miles from Naples.that a young child was among those missing.YOU MIGHT LIKE
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