Landslide hits Italian island of Ischia, one woman dead, 10 missing

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A woman was found dead and around 10 people were still missing on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide engulfed buildings during heavy rain on Saturday, a local Italian government official said.

A view of a landslide on the Italian holiday island of Ischia, Italy November 26, 2022. A woman was found dead and around 10 people remained missing after the landslide occurred amid heavy rains. REUTERS/Ciro de Luca

"Currently the confirmed death toll is one, a woman. Eight missing persons have been found, including a child, and there still are around 10 missing," the prefect of Naples, Claudio Palomba, told a news conference, adding that around 100 people living close to the landslide area had been evacuated. Images showed thick mud, debris and stones in Casamicciola Terme. Several cars were submerged on the shoreline, apparently pushed into the sea by the storm.

 

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