Overview
- Authorities say houses perched on the edge are uninhabitable and some families will be permanently relocated as the ground continues to shift.
- The landslide spans roughly 4 kilometers with a 150-meter no‑go zone in place, and teams are using drones and satellite imagery to monitor movement.
- The government declared a state of emergency for Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria, releasing an initial €100 million as regional damage estimates reach up to €2 billion.
- More than 1,500 residents have been evacuated to shelters or relatives’ homes, with no deaths or injuries reported.
- Experts link the collapse to Cyclone Harry’s heavy rains on Niscemi’s sand and clay plateau, a terrain that also failed in a major 1997 landslide.