Calls for crackdown on construction in Italy after Ischia disaster
by Angela Giuffrida in Ischia from World news | The Guardian on (#668XZ)
Officials warned last year more than 90% of municipalities were at risk from landslides, floods and erosion
There have been calls to limit and crack down on both legal and illegal construction in Italy after the head of the country's civil protection office said more than 90% of Italian municipalities were at risk from landslides and other natural disasters.
Fabrizio Curcio made the comments in an interview with La Stampa after travelling to the southern Italian island of Ischia, where eight people including a 22-day-old baby are so far confirmed to have been killed in a landslide on Saturday.
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