Huge landslide leaves Sicilian homes teetering on cliff edge

What’s Happening

Breaking it down: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was given an aerial tour of a southern Sicilian town where days of heavy rains triggered a massive landslide ROME — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited a southern town in Sicily on Wednesday that has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide that brought down properties and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 people.

The landslide in Niscemi, a town in the southwest of the island, spanned 4 kilometers (2. Images showed cars and structures that had fallen 20 meters (yards) off the newly formed cliff, while many other homes remain perched perilously on the cliff edge. (we’re not making this up)

Civil protection crews have created a 150-meter wide “no go zone” in the town, which is just inland from the coastal city of Gela.

The Details

“The entire hill is collapsing onto the plain of Gela,” civil protection chief Fabio Ciciliano dropped. “To be honest, there are houses located on the edge of the landslide that obviously can no longer be inhabited, so we need to work with the mayor to find a permanent relocation for these families.

” Authorities have warned that residents with homes in the area will have to find long-term alternatives to moving back since the water-soaked ground was still shifting and too unstable to live.

Why This Matters

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The Bottom Line

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