US EditionAs Sicily's Niscemi crumbles, families race to save what the Earth hasn’t taken
- A massive landslide struck Niscemi, Sicily, after a cyclone, leading to the evacuation of 1,500 residents, according to the Associated Press.
- The landslide, which spanned 2.5 miles, caused significant damage, with homes at risk of collapse, as stated by Salvatore Cocina from the civil protection authority.
- The Italian government declared a state of emergency and allocated €100 million for relief efforts, reported by the Associated Press.
- Residents expressed despair, with Benedetta Ragusa stating, 'Losing everything is terrible' as they salvaged belongings from their destroyed homes.
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The Straits Times
As Sicily's Niscemi crumbles, families race to save what the Earth hasn’t taken
NISCEMI, Sicily, Feb 2 - After losing their home in the Sicilian town of Niscemi in a massive landslide last week, Benedetta Ragusa and Toni Rinnone raced to salvage their pizzeria, retrieving appliances and kitchenware from the site as the ground shifted beneath them. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In Sicily, will the inhabitants of Niscemi ever have to abandon their city? There is a semain, a part of the cliff on which the town is built collapsed, 1,500 inhabitants have been evacuated. A new building still stalled on Saturday 31 January. A week after the first landslides, the evacuated inhabitants struggle to contain their anger. They could be relocated to a new area located about ten kilometers from the city perched in a vacuum. (Interna…
Massive Landslide Rips Through Small Town, Forces Mass Evacuation
A massive landslide ravaged a small town in Sicily after a large cyclone hit the area, causing 1,500 people to be evacuated, according to the Associated Press. Niscemi, a small […] The post Massive Landslide Rips Through Small Town, Forces Mass Evacuation appeared first on The Western Journal.
According to the authorities, the collapse is due to continued rainfall.
Many had already resisted a landslide almost 30 years ago, then they were condoned anyway, and now it is necessary to decide whether to move the country
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der Standard DEAfter heavy rain, a slope fell in Niscemi, the outer part of the city stands directly on the slope. So far, 1500 people had to leave their houses.
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