Tragedy in Italy: they find the body of a girl who disappeared in the landslide in Ischia

The body of a girl was found today in one of the houses destroyed by the landslide on the Italian island of Ischia (south), the second confirmed fatality, while a dozen missing persons continue to be searched in the mud.

The body was found in a room flooded by mud and corresponds to a girl of “5 or 6 years of age” still to be identified, as confirmed to EFE by sources from the prefecture of Naples, which coordinates the work.

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Is about the second fatality locatedsince yesterday the lifeless body of a 31-year-old woman who lived at the disaster site with her boyfriend, whose whereabouts are still unknown, was found.

Damaged cars in the port of Casamicciola on November 27, 2022, after heavy rain caused a landslide on the southern Italian island of Ischia. (ELIANO IMPERATO / AFP).

The ischia islandfacing the Gulf of Naples, recorded torrential rains last night that caused flooding and a serious landslide that violently dragged everything in its path in the area of ​​the municipality of Casamicciola Termeon its northern slope.

A part of Mount Epomeo gave way and reached several houses in the town, which are being searched with great effort and difficulties by emergency teams, reinforced with units arriving from Naples, from other points and the Armed Forces.

The missing, wanted people who have not given signs of life, are “between 10 and 12”explained the Government delegate in Naples, Claudio Palomba.

Among these are the components of a family that lived in the area most affected by the landslide, Via Celario, at the foot of the mountain, according to local media reports.

Buried areas are being searched by dogs for signs of life under the rubble, while a Coast Guard boat searches the shoreline, where numerous cars and even buses were swept away.

Source: Elcomercio