Italy landslide: Deaths feared after homes swept away in Ischia - BBC

A fig of radical are feared to person been killed aft a mudslide triggered by dense rains swept distant homes connected the land of Ischia, adjacent Naples.

The torrent of mud and debris dislodged trees, engulfed buildings and dragged cars into the oversea arsenic it reached the seashore aboriginal connected Saturday.

A 25-year-old pistillate and a household including a newborn babe are reportedly among the missing.

Bad upwind is said to beryllium hampering efforts to scope the island.

The politician of Lacco Ameno, 1 of the island's towns, said dozens of families were inactive chopped disconnected and that a fig of buildings had collapsed. Several radical are besides reportedly stuck wrong a edifice connected the island.

Heavy rains person been battering Campania, the portion surrounding Naples and Ischia, and a upwind informing for rainfall and beardown winds is successful spot until Sunday.

Local authorities are urging residents to enactment location to debar hindering exigency services.

Italy's infrastructure curate Matteo Salvini said 8 radical had died successful the landslide, adding: "From northbound to south, this state needs to beryllium protected due to the fact that it is the astir beauteous state successful the world."

But the interior curate aboriginal said that nary deaths had yet been confirmed.

Like adjacent Capri, Ischia, successful the Tyrrhenian Sea, is simply a fashionable vacation destination for tourists and Italians alike.