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Rebecca Ann Hughes

‘We're tired of counting damages’: Call for climate funds after landslide devastates Sicilian town

A town in Sicily has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 people.

The landslide in Niscemi, in the southwest of the Italian island, spanned 4 kilometres. Images showed cars and structures that had fallen 20 metres off the newly formed cliff, while many other homes remain perched perilously on the edge.

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