At least 13 people were reported missing on the Italian island of Ischia after a landslide caused by heavy rainfall.
A number of people are feared dead and a dozen missing after landslides tore through the Italian island of IschiaItaly’s national fire brigade, Vigili del Fuoco, said a cloudburst – a short yet intense rainstorm – struck the island off the coast of Naples this morning.
‘There are some difficulties in the rescue operations because the weather conditions are still very demanding but we are sending vehicles both by sea and for air overflights,’ he said,‘They are in close contact with the prime minister Giorgia Meloni and with the ministers. A very serious evolving situation that needs to be followed.’
Heavy rainfall caused a landslide as dawn brokec, sending boulders and debris down from the mountain behind the hamlet of the island. While others showed how overflowing streams had carried away several now crumpled cars and uprooted trees and utility poles.Emergency services from Naples have been sent to the island to help rescue efforts
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