Landslide kills at least seven on Italy’s Ischia island

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CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy - At least seven people, including a newborn baby and two children, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain

A member of the Coast Guard looks for documents inside a destroyed car, following a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, Italy November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

A wave of mud, debris and stones broke away from the island’s highest mountain on Saturday and crashed down over houses and roads in and around town of Casamicciola Terme. Statistics show Ischia has a large number of houses that were built illegally, putting inhabitants at permanent risk from flooding and earthquakes – which have often hit the hilly island over the past years.

 

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