Italian rescuers are earching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia after a landslide killed at least one person
Bulldozers of civil protection volunteers at work, after the violent flood that hit the city of Casamicciola on the island of Ischia Image: Alamy Stock Photo ITALIAN RESCUERS ARE searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia after a landslide killed at least one person.
About a dozen people were still unaccounted for by early yesterday evening, according to Claudio Palomba, prefect of Naples, of which the island is part. “We are afraid that there might be other victims, but so far the current figure is one dead,” Luca Cari, a spokesman for the fire service, told AFP.
However, he denied a statement by his colleague Matteo Salvini, the deputy prime minister and infrastructure minister, that eight people had died, saying this had not been confirmed.Heavy rain sent torrents of mud through the streets of Casamicciola Terme, a settlement on the north of Ischia, a lush island near Capri that is thronged with tourists in summer.
In the worst-affected area of the town, at least 30 families were trapped in their homes without water or electricity, with mud and debris blocking the road, ANSA news agency reported.
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