Reports the Vancouver Sun, it’s anything but amore:
Mudslides caused by torrential rains in southern Italy sparked the evacuation of thousands of villagers in Calabria on Wednesday, officials said as they launched an emergency rescue.
All the estimated 2,300 villagers in the Calabria village of Maierato were taken to safety after a nearby hillock collapsed, local media said.
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Local media and experts have blamed the uncontrolled construction of buildings — often with poor safety standards — for building collapses and landslides.
This clip is from Maierato Vibo Valentia and was taken on February 15.
“Due to bad weather the mountain collapsed in Maierato (in Vibo Valentia) just behind the power line towers and threatening the village below,” the original uploader says. “Two hundred people were evacuated.”
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