Landslide in southern Italy leaves woman and son missing

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Updated August 28, 2024 at 5:35 a.m.

STORY: :: Rescuers search for a missing woman and her son after a landslide in southern Italy

:: San Felice a Cancello, Italy

:: August 28, 2024

The bad weather hit the town of San Felice a Cancello, a small town about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of Naples, and nearby municipalities, on Tuesday afternoon.

The pair, a woman in her 70s and her son in his 40s, were traveling in a three-wheeler that was overwhelmed by the landslide. Emergency services found its mangled wreck in the mud.

The fire brigade said on X that 10 search squads had been deployed to find the pair, and that the landslide had forced people to be evacuated from their homes.

Severe weather hit other parts of Italy on Tuesday as well, with violent thunderstorms and hail in the Milan and Como areas and the Tuscan seaside.

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