Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home on Sunday as they dug through mud for a second day in the search for people still missing after a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia.
MILAN — Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home on Sunday as they dug through mud for a second day in the search for people still missing after anThe Naples prefect confirmed that the death toll in the tragedy had risen to two, following also the recovery of the body of a 31-year-old woman from the island on Saturday.
“Our biggest hope is that people identified as missing have found refuge with relatives and friends and have not advised of their position,” he added. “We are continuing the search with our hearts broken, because among the missing are also minors,” Giacomo Pascale, the mayor of the neighboring town of Lacco Ameno, told RAI.
The massive landslide before dawn on Saturday was triggered by exceptional rainfall, and sent a mass of mud and debris hurtling through the port of Casamicciola, collapsing buildings and sweeping vehicles into the sea. “There is territory that cannot be occupied. You cannot change the use of a zone where there is water. The course of the water created this disaster,” geologist Riccardo Caniparoli told RAI. “There are norms and laws that were not respected.”
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Body of girl found in Italy mudslide; death toll rises to 2Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home as they dug through mud for a second day in the search for people missing after a landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia, raising the death toll to two. Ten people remain missing.
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