from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 16:52
https://sh.itjust.works/post/54210732
The mayor of a hilltop town on Sicily said “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm brought down a long section of hillside, leaving houses perched perilously on a cliff edge.
About 1,500 people have so far been evacuated from their homes because of the landslide, which began to show signs of movement on Sunday before developing a 4km-long front. The chasm continues to widen, raising fears it could swallow the town’s historic centre.
“This is a dramatic landslide,” Massimiliano Conti, the mayor of Niscemi, a town in the south of the island, said in a video on social media, while urging people living beyond the cordoned-off areas to “stay home”.
“I don’t want anyone to take this event lightly,” he added. “Fortunately there were no injuries, only damage to homes.”
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At this point I can’t imagine why people would want to live on or visit Sicily. The appeal of the food and culture is undeniable, but the island’s place on the frontlines of climate change really overshadows that by a wide margin in my book: summer temperatures that can go near 50 c, water shortages (the mafia taking over water distribution!), horrific wild fires. The list goes on.