https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Emergency workers have rescued cats, dogs and even parrots from evacuated homes in the Sicilian town of Niscemi after it was hit by a major landslide on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20260129/firefighters-save-pets-from-landslide-hit-sicilian-town Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:10:26 +0100 firefighters-save-pets-from-landslide-hit-sicilian-town Residents of the Sicilian hill town of Niscemi fear they may never be able to return to their homes following a major landslide on Sunday, as experts warn there could be further damage in the coming days. https://www.thelocal.it/20260129/fear-in-sicilian-town-as-vast-landslide-risks-widening Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:56:48 +0100 fear-in-sicilian-town-as-vast-landslide-risks-widening Italian firefighters said on Monday they had found two victims of an overnight mudslide that destroyed three homes in northeastern Italy, following a day-long search. https://www.thelocal.it/20251118/two-dead-in-northern-italy-mudslide Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:21:46 +0100 two-dead-in-northern-italy-mudslide Five people are reported missing in Bardonecchia, in the north-western region of Piedmont, where a sudden flood caused by a landslide submerged the town in mud. https://www.thelocal.it/20230814/5-missing-as-tsunami-of-mud-floods-italian-town Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:43:23 +0200 5-missing-as-tsunami-of-mud-floods-italian-town The body of a second woman was found on Monday by rescuers a day after an avalanche hit the Italian ski resort of Courmayeur, news agencies reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20230320/two-swedish-skiers-found-dead-after-avalanche-in-italy Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:08:32 +0100 two-swedish-skiers-found-dead-after-avalanche-in-italy Rescuers in Ischia recovered the body of the last missing person on Tuesday, bringing the landslide’s death toll to 12. https://www.thelocal.it/20221206/ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-12-as-last-missing-person-found Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:37:37 +0100 ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-12-as-last-missing-person-found Ischia, the small Italian island devastated by a landslide last weekend, is a victim of geography and weather but also of illegal construction, experts say. https://www.thelocal.it/20221203/on-ischia-illegal-construction-blamed-for-deadly-landslide Sat, 03 Dec 2022 11:47:53 +0100 on-ischia-illegal-construction-blamed-for-deadly-landslide At least 1,100 people were set to be evacuated from the southern Italian island of Ischia on Friday ahead of more bad weather, after a landslide on Saturday left 11 dead and one missing. https://www.thelocal.it/20221202/ischia-to-evacuate-1000-people-over-fears-of-further-landslides Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:14:59 +0100 ischia-to-evacuate-1000-people-over-fears-of-further-landslides Rescuers on Thursday pulled another three bodies from the wreckage caused by a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, bringing the death toll to 11, with one woman still missing. https://www.thelocal.it/20221201/ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-ten-as-two-more-bodies-found Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:36:45 +0100 ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-ten-as-two-more-bodies-found Search parties on Monday recovered the body of an eighth victim of a landslide on the small Italian island of Ischia, as a former mayor said his calls for an evacuation had been ignored. https://www.thelocal.it/20221128/ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-eight-amid-claims-warnings-were-ignored Mon, 28 Nov 2022 19:41:45 +0100 ischia-landslide-death-toll-rises-to-eight-amid-claims-warnings-were-ignored Italy's government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after a landslide on the southern island of Ischia killed at least seven people. https://www.thelocal.it/20221127/italy-declares-state-of-emergency-after-deadly-landslide Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:48:05 +0100 italy-declares-state-of-emergency-after-deadly-landslide Hundreds of coffins were swept into the sea on Monday when a landslide destroyed part of a cemetery on the Italian riviera. https://www.thelocal.it/20210223/video-the-moment-an-italian-cemetary-falls-into-the-sea Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:23:38 +0100 video-the-moment-an-italian-cemetary-falls-into-the-sea The state road is blocked and homes are being evacuated after a landslide along Italy's famed Amalfi Coast on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20210202/video-homes-evacuated-after-amalfi-coast-road-hit-by-landslide Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:31:32 +0100 video-homes-evacuated-after-amalfi-coast-road-hit-by-landslide As violent storms lash northern Italy, one couple in Liguria told how their pets aided a narrow escape before their house collapsed in a landslide. https://www.thelocal.it/20191023/storms-italian-couple-saved-from-landslide-by-their-cats Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:47:43 +0200 storms-italian-couple-saved-from-landslide-by-their-cats Two landslides close to the northern resort town of Courmayeur have killed one tourist and caused panic among many others, with over 100 people evacuated. https://www.thelocal.it/20180807/death-evacuations-landslide-courmayeur-italy-val-ferret Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:57:57 +0200 death-evacuations-landslide-courmayeur-italy-val-ferret In Ponzano, a small hamlet in central Italy, a landslide is slowly tearing the ground in two, moving at a rate of about one metre a day but unstoppable, according to the experts. https://www.thelocal.it/20170224/in-pictures-the-italian-town-being-torn-in-two-by-a-landslide-no-one-can-stop Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:35:55 +0100 in-pictures-the-italian-town-being-torn-in-two-by-a-landslide-no-one-can-stop More than a hundred people have been evacuated due to a huge landslide which is tearing apart a village in Abruzzo, central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/landslide-tears-italian-village-apart-abruzzo-unstoppable Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:06:46 +0100 landslide-tears-italian-village-apart-abruzzo-unstoppable An intense period of rainfall triggered a landslide on Tuesday afternoon that has left three people dead near the town of San Vito di Cadore, in the Veneto region. https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/tourist-among-three-dead-in-venice-landslide Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:04:05 +0200 tourist-among-three-dead-in-venice-landslide Two pensioners were still missing on Tuesday morning after a landslide engulfed their home in Liguria, prompted by the latest storm to hit north-west Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/two-pensioners-missing-in-italy-storms Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:10:00 +0100 two-pensioners-missing-in-italy-storms The summer has come to an abrupt end in Italy, as bad weather sweeps across the country leaving at least one person dead and six injured. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/summer-ends-with-snow-and-injuries-in-italy Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:35:00 +0200 summer-ends-with-snow-and-injuries-in-italy