Between 4.76 and 6.10 inches of rain fell in Ischia in just six hours, triggering the deadly landslide.
At least 12 people are missing and one person confirmed dead after a devastating landslide swept through the Italian island of Ischia early Saturday morning, local officials confirmed, leaving a pile of debris and mud throughout the hillside neighborhood on the popular vacation island off the coast of Naples.
Ansa/AFP via Getty ImagesThe landslide was triggered by torrential rain that caused severe flooding in the port city of Casamicciola Terme, where Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the “situation is very complicated,” with people stuck “probably under the mud, who don’t answer the calls,” Italian outletThe death toll from the landslide in the popular Italian tourist destination has not yet been confirmed, although Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi said one death has been “certainly...
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