US EditionOver 1,000 People Evacuated After Terrifying Landslide in Sicily
Heavy rain and storms caused a four-kilometre cliff collapse in Niscemi, Sicily, forcing evacuation of over 1,000 residents and damaging roads and buildings.
- On Monday, a four-kilometre section of cliff in Niscemi crumbled during a storm, prompting evacuations of more than 1,000 residents, Italy's civil protection unit said.
- Last week, Storm Harry battered coastal Sicily and officials said rain-soaked ground has left cliffs unstable, causing land to give way.
- Footage on Monday captured a narrow vertical section collapsing, showing a building that had been ripped apart further collapsing and the road into town buried under the landslide with a car's two tyres suspended over the edge.
- The region's president, Renato Schifani, estimated damage at €740 million, and local police, fire and civil protection units are assessing next steps while schools were cancelled on Monday.
- Mayor Massimiliano Conti told local news that `The situation continues to worsen because further collapses have been recorded,` and officials say no deaths or injuries have been reported following the Sunday landslide.
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1,000 evacuated as landslide leaves homes on the precipice in Sicilian town - General News
Around 1,000 people have been evacuated after a big landslide in the Sicilian town of Niscemi on Sunday left their homes on the precipice. The landslide follows days of storms brought by Cyclone Harry. (ANSA)
Over 1,000 people evacuated after terrifying landslide in Sicily
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge, authorities said on Monday.Land was continuing to give way due to rain that has soaked the area in recent days, said the mayor of the southern hill town of...
More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometer stretch of cliff collapsed during a storm, leaving homes hanging from its edge, authorities said Monday.
Entire neighborhoods, with around a thousand people, were evacuated and major roads were closed after a massive landslide, several kilometers long, occurred in the Sicilian town of Niscemi, reports the Italian news portal ANSA. The region has been hit by heavy rains in recent days, with storms causing landslides in several places. “It is at least four kilometers long and is getting wider,” said the town’s mayor, Massimilano Conti, of the landsli…
Some 300 families had to be relocated to other homes and a sports centre in the city, while several of the main roads to the village remain closed and classes in educational centres were suspended. A landslide caused by heavy rains caused the collapse of homes and buildings in the town of Niscemi, on the island of Sicily, from which one of its neighborhoods was on the verge of a ravine in an incident that forced the evacuation of some 1,000 peop…
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